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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Visits and re-visits to Erysipelas cases | 121 |
| Visits re Erysipelas disinfection | 11 |
| Visits re Puerperal Fever Cases | 4 |
| Visits re Phthisis voluntarily notified | 5 |
| Visits re Pulmonary tuberculosis compulsorily notified | 35o |
| Visits re Pulmonary Tuberculosis disinfection (after death or removal) | 202 |
| Visits re other forms of Tubercle ... | 57 |
| Visits re Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... | 38 |
| Months. | Measles. | Mumps. | Whooping Cough. | Chicken-pox. | 4th Disease. | Doubtful Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 40 | 30 | 23 | 12 | |
| February | 4 | 89 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 17 |
| March | 10 | 123 | 62 | 47 | 12 | 19 |
| Aprd | 116 | 49 | 27 | 14 | 14 | |
| May | 15 | 75 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| June... | 20 | 48 | 43 | 22 | 1 | |
| July... | 48 | 20 | 17 | 38 | ||
| August* | I | 1 | ||||
| September | 20 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | |
| October | 159 | 5 | 18 | J3 | 8 | |
| November | 146 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 4 | |
| December | 151 | 5 | 30 | 17 | ||
| Totals | 590 | .535 | 348 | 302 | 42 | 105 |
"Schools closed for holidays.
Visits and re-visits re School notifications concerning non-notifiable
diseases, such as measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, etc., 1,922 to 2,874
children at 1,788 homes. This is a considerable increase compared with last
year, when the figures were 1,227, 1,941 and 1,310 respectively. (For further
information see Annual Report of School Medical Officer). There were many
more visits to more children in more homes than in 1913.
| Visits to Private Schools | 0 |
| Enquiries re complaints | 33 |
| Miscellaneous visits (compared with 111 last year) | 137 |
| Visits paid to inspect work done after informal notice | 317 |
| Visits re overcrowding | 0 |