[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The rate for the ten years in the urban districts is higher than in the rural, notwithstanding that the age distribution of the population would favouf a bigher cancer deatb-rate in the latter. As pointed out in previous reports the crude death-rates from cancer in the different districts depend so much upon tbe age distribution of the population, that it would be far jireferable to calculate the rates upon the population over 45 years of age. If this were done throughout the country, cancer rates of some value for comparison would be obtained. This method applied to the sanitary districts of Shropshire for the ten years 1900—1909 gives the following results :— Table 14. 1900—1909. Cancer Death-rates calculated upon the Population over 45 years of age. Urban Districts. Rural Districts. Dishop’s Castle . •3 7 Oakengates 4 0 Atcham 3-9 Ludlow 3 5 Dridgnorth 5 I Oswestry 4 0 Bridgnorth 3-7 Newport 4 8 Church Stretton . 2 9 Shrewsbury . . 5 0 Bur ford 4.1 Oswestry 4 6 Dawley 4 6 Wellington 5 3 Chirbury 3-6 Sbifnal 3 T Ellesmere 5 4 Wem 5 2 Church Stretton 3-4 Teme 4 2 Ludlow 5 7 Wenlock 4 I CleoburyMortimer 3.2 Wellington 3 8 Newport 5 5 Whitchurch . . 4 9 Chin . . 4.6 Wem 3 5 Drayton 4-3 Whitchurch . . 3 I Ellesmere 3-7 Combined Urban Districts 4 .8 Combined Rural Districts 4 I Calculated in this manner the urban rate is nearly 20% higher than the rural rate. As the following figures show the cuide death-rates from cancer since 1S94 for this county have been much in excess of those of the country generally. Table 15. DEATH-RATES FROM CANCER. Year. Registration Cocnty England OF Shropshire. AND Wales. 1894 •705 •713 1895 .989 •755 1896 •923 .764 1897 1.060 .787 1898 1.028 .802 1899 .976 .S29 1900 •931 .828 1901 •9b5 .842 1902 1.059 .844 1903 1-033 .872 1904 1.024 .879 ^905 1.044 .885 1906 1.019 .917 1907 1.013 .909 1908 1.082 .909 Average for 15 years 1894—1908 .98 .836