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Edmonton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Edmonton, excluding Workhouses, in 1901, was 5.76, but it is only 5.72 this
year. The number of inhabited houses in the district in the middle of 1908
was 10,522.
To the figure thus obtained (59,974) is added the average number of
Edmonton residents in the Edmonton Union Workhouse, which, for the year,
was found to be 208, as compared with 209 and 226 for 1907 and 1906
respectively.
The estimated nett population of the District, and that on which the
various rates that follow are calculated, is therefore 60,182.
The population of the three Wards, estimated in the same way:—
| Was in 1907. | Is in 1908. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bury Street Ward | 18,981 | 19,739. |
| Church Street Ward | 19,522 | 19,499 |
| Fore Street Ward | 20,722 | 20,736 |
The area of the district is 3,894 acres (less 31 of water), and the density
of population, or the average number of persons per acre of land, is over 16.0.
This figure is calculated on the gross population, which includes the average
populations of the Strand and Edmonton Union Workhouses and Strand
Union Schools, and amounts to 62,186.
The natural increase of the population, that is, the excess of nett total
of births over the nett total of deaths in 1908, was 2,000 minus 902,
= 1,098.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered by the District Registrar, Mr. Judd,.
was exactly 2,000, which includes 20 births that took place in the Edmonton
Workhouse, born of mothers belonging to Edmonton. Add 5 births that
occurred in outside Institutions. Six births which occurred at the Strand
Workhouse and 68 which occurred at Edmonton Workhouse, born of mothers
who are not Edmonton residents, are excluded from our statistics, just as
foreign deaths are. Thus the nett total of births was 1,931. Of these births
43, or 2.24 per cent., were illegitimate. The birth-rate per thousand inhabitants
is therefore 32.09, compared with 31.24 last year.
Notification of Births Act, 1907. On February 5th, 1908.
the Sanitary Committee, on the third consideration of the subject, recommended
the adoption of this Act. On March 24th the Council passed a
resolution in favour of this course, and, by the direction of the Local Government
Board, the Act came into force on April 28th, 1908. Previous to this
date I circularised all the medical men and midwives and "handy women"
practising in the District, informing them as to the best method of accurately