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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 VI.
Table showing the Number of Cases Notified and the Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases for the year 1908,
and ten preceding years.
| Disease. | 1908. | 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | 1898. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. 60,182 | Pop. 59,434 | Pop. 56,818 | Pop. 54,606 | Pop. 53,358 | Pop. 52,139 | Pop. 50,388 | Pop. 44,911 | Pop. 47,166 | Pop. 39,523 | Pop. 35,836 | |||||||||||||
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | ||
| Notifiable. | † Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 701 | 120 | 13 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| † scarlet Fever | 308 | 12 | 231 | 8 | 383 | 13 | 259 | 6 | 181 | 3 | 119 | 2 | 179 | 6 | 56 | 6 | 136 | 4 | 167 | 4 | 124 | ||
| † Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 158 | 27 | 95 | 17 | 93 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 46 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 42 | 8 | 43 | 10 | 39 | 12 | 34 | 7 | |
| Erysipelas | 73 | ... | 54 | ... | 78 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 66 | 4 | ... | 4 | 44 | ... | |
| † Enteric Fever | 36 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 86 | 14 | ... | 5 | 67 | 6 | 43 | 8 | ?3 | 2 | |
| Simple Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| Non-notifiable. | † Diarrhoea and Epidemic Enteritis | ... | 41 | ... | 32 | ... | 114 | ... | 56 | ... | 151 | ... | 61 | ... | 46 | ... | 71 | ... | 68 | ... | 126 | ... | 195 |
| Enteritis | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 10 | ... | 14 | ... | 8 | ... | 29 | ... | 39 | ... | 74 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | ... | 19 | ... | 21 | ... | 19 | ... | 27 | ... | 28 | ... | 10 | ... | 19 | ... | 15 | ... | 7 | ... | 16 | ... | 16 | |
| Whooping Cough | ... | 15 | ... | 39 | ... | 8 | ... | 30 | ... | 7 | ... | 19 | ... | 20 | ... | 3 | ... | 30 | ... | 2 | ... | 24 | |
| Influenza | ... | 9 | ... | 14 | ... | 9 | ... | 9 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 6 | ... | 55 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ||
| Phthisis | ... | 54 | ... | 53 | ... | 65 | ... | 42 | ... | 71 | ... | 58 | ... | 45 | ... | 38 | ... | 64 | ... | 48 | ... | 38 | |
| Other tuberculous Diseases | ... | 35 | ... | 34 | ... | 38 | ... | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
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† The seven principal Zymotic Diseases on the deaths from which the Zymotic death-rate is based.
Infections Diseases Notification and Prevention Acts have been in force since March 1st, 1891.
Before 1906, although their notifications were included, deaths in the Strand Union and amongst non-residents in the Edmonton Union were
excluded from this table.
Deaths of Residents occurring outside the District are included, Our Isolation Hospitals are all outside the District,