RAVAGES OF CANCER
Deaths In Britain And Wales Rec. 9 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 10. In the six years of war 60,342 civilians in England and Wales were killed by enemy action—less than the number of people who die of cancer in these countries every year. This was revealed by the registrar-general in his statistical review of England and Wales for the six years, 1940 to 1945, which was published to-day. The worst year for civilian deaths in that period was in 1940 when over 500,000 persons died, of whom 23,268 were victims of the war. The review also revealed that the infant mortality rate of 45 per 1000 in 1944 was the lowest rate recorded in Britain. During the six»year period, cancer accounted for 20 per cent, of the deaths between the ages of 50 and 55. The death rate attributed to coronary heart disease doubled in both sexes between 1934 and 1945. Baby girls in Britain have a 1 per cent, better expectation of life than baby boys.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27157, 12 August 1949, Page 8
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