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Edmonton 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: TABLE I.— Vital Statistics of Whole District during' 1908 and previous Years.

TABLE I.— Vital Statistics of Whole District during' 1908 and previous Years.

YearNett Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Total Births Registered in the DistrictTotal Deaths Registered in the DistrictTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non-residents registered in the District.Deaths of Residents beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all ages Belonging to the District
Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
Number.Rate. *Number.hate.*Number.Rate.†
Number.Rate per 1000 Births registered in the District.
12345678910ii1213
189835.8361,14831.03217195.8478321.802722214460616.81
189939,5231,14634.90242161.8783121.002071753268817.40
190047,1601,60634.00301168.1098320.803072684275716.00
190144,9111.64036.50271139.0078715.202331837067415.00
190250,3581,74734.67251143.67100619.902701615690117.88
190352,1391,84635.40259140.3084415.60248194747241.88
190453,3581,89135.40306161.80105018 .903612939384515.80
190554.6001,94735.63250128.0086815.2030424810872813.34
190660,8181,88133.10235124.9391515.5533725612478313.78
190759,4341,92331.28216112.3297715.8939230912479213.32
Averages for years 1898-190749,4171,67734.19254147.5890417.982932317674915.32
190860,1822.000 a32.16213106.5090214.5037629712973212.16

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* Rates in Columns 4 and 8 are calculated per 1,000 of estimated gross population, and
in Column 13 on estimated nett population.
The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during
the year as having actually occurred within the district. 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 dying in the district whilst away from
their permanent home; and by the term " Residents" is meant persons who at the time of
their decease were temporarily residing outside Edmonton.
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. A list of the Institutions in respect of the
deaths in which corrections have been made are given below.
+ This rate is the nett one, uncorrected for age and sex.
a Births registered in the District, uncorrected for Public Institutions.

Table: The nett births of children from Edmonton mothers inside and outside the district numbered 1931. This figure produces a birth-rate per 1,(100 of the nett population of 32.09.

The nett births of children from Edmonton mothers inside and outside the district numbered 1931. This figure produces a birth-rate per 1,(100 of the nett population of 32.09.

Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water)3,863
Total population at all ages46,899At Census of 1901.
44,911
Number of inhabited houses7,795
Average number of persons per house (excluding Workhouses)5.76,
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 Workliou.se Infirmary. Strand Union Workhouse Infirmary.Enfield and Edmonton Joint Hospital at Winchmore Hill. Middlesex Districts Joint Small Pox Hospital (South Minims). Middlesex County Asylums.Tottenham Hospital. Metropolitan Hospitals. Weir Hall Inebriate Home, etc.
The Edmonton Union Workhouse is within the District.