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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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During 1914, as in 1911, 1912 and 1913, the aggregate death-rates from the
principal epidemic diseases have not been recorded by the Registrar-General;
the zymotic death-rate is therefore not obtainable in all cases.
The birth-rate of England and Wales is 0.3 less than last year, and is the
lowest on record ; the death-rate is 0.2 higher than 1913, which was the lowest
on record. The infantile death-rate is 4 integers less than last year, and the
lowest on record. The natural increase in the population of England and
Wales, or the excess of births over deaths, is 362,044 or 23,109 less than the
average of the preceding five years.