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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Edmonton 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during- the Year 1908.Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under one year of age.

TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during- the Year 1908.

Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under one year of age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1—2 months.2—3 months.3—4 months.4—5 months.5—6 months.6—7 months.7—8 months.8—9 months.9—10 months.10—11 months.11—12 months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified5281511861424151151016129916227
Uncertified................................................none
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.................................111...25
Scarlet Fever................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup.................................1............1
Whooping Cough...1...11...11..................37
ii. Diarrheal Diseases.Diarrhea, all forms153444432131
Enteritis, Much-enteritis Gastro-enteritis..................1...........................1
Gastritis, Gastro - intestinal Catarrh...1......1...3...........................4
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth2928342312........................48
Congenital Defects1012215.................................15
Injury at Birth3.........3.................................3
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation......1...1...1...........................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus32...382731...11......1...24
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis.........11......121......2...18
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica.....................1........................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1...............1............2
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis......112.................................2
Rickets..........................................1...1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1.........211......16
Convulsions1.........2...1...1...............1...5
Bronchitis...............2111211......2112
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Pneumonia.........1129.12...15522629
Suffocation, overlaying1...1...2112...1..................7
Other Causes511...71......1......111113
5281511861424151151016129916227