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Edmonton 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: TABLE I. EDMONTON URBAN DISTRICT.Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and previous years.

TABLE I. EDMONTON URBAN DISTRICT.

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and previous years.

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of Age.Deaths at all Ages. Total.Deaths in Public Institutions.Deaths of Non-residents registered in the District.Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.Deaths at aix Ages. Nktt.
Number.Rate.*Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*Number.Rale.*
I2345678910111213
189326,16494530.74123133.261323 .42611001652920.2
189428,41990630.152121132.2458420.54235912251518.12
189530,080102432.237116122.6560820.22431961742413.95
189631.888102030.57169153.6869121.62532081750015.6
189733,804113932.5163157.1870420.82912013954215.95
189835,836114831.03217195.8478321.827222144606l6.8l
189939,523114634.9242161.8783121.02071753268817.4
190047,166160634.0301168.198320.83072684275716.0
190144.9111640365271139.078715.22331837067415.0
190250,388174734.67251143.67100619.92701615690I17.88
Averages for years 1893-190236,818123233.46197.4160.2275920.6125718035.56I3.616.69
190352,139184635. 4259140.38445.62481947472413.7

Table: Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 3,890.

Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 3,890.

I.—Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.II.—Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.III - Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
Edmonton Union Workhouse. Strand Union Workhouse Strand Union Schools.Enfield Fever Hospital. South Mimms Small Pox Hospital.Tottenham Hospital. Great Northern Hospital Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

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* Rates in columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated populatation.
Note.—The deaths to be included in column 7 of this table are the whole of
those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district
or division. The deaths to be included in column 12 are the number in column
7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in column 10 and the addition of
the number in column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on
account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by
the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district
on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these
Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness
or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.