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Edmonton 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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SECTION 11A
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES—NOTIFIABLE.
The Infectious Diseases Notification and Prevention Acts have been in
force in this District since March 31st, 1891.
Table V. shows the number of cases notified and the deaths from the
notifiable Diseases for 1914, and the ten preceding years. The same Table
also shews the deaths that have occurred from non-notifiable diseases for this
period. This is not a Local Government Board table ; table Ila used to be.
Table II. shows details as to age-distribution and locality of the notified
cases, and number of cases removed to hospital.
The following Table shows the number of cases notified and the number isolated, the percentage of these to the cases notified, and the fatality,
| Disease. | Cases Notified. | No. isolated in Hospital. | Isolations per cent. | Total Deaths. | Fatality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 351 | 314 | 89.45 | 3 | 0.85 |
| Diphtheria and Mem. Croup | 148 | 138 | 92.00 | 16 | 10.81 |
| Enteric Fever | 17 | 16 | 94.12 | 4 | 23.52 |
| Totals | 516 | 468 | — | 23 |
Amongst the Belgian refugees there were eight cases of scarlet fever
(one notified from Edmonton Infirmary), one case of diphtheria and two
cases of erysipelas; all these cases were removed to the institutions
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Foreigners. There were notified from Edmonton Infirmary 8 scarlet
fever, 3 diphtheria, 5 erysipelas, 1 enteric fever, 1 puerperal fever and 1
ophthalmia neonatorum cases. Of these the enteric fever and puerperal fever
cases died in the Infirmary. They were all, except 1 case each of scarlet fever,
diphtheria, enteric fever, erysipelas and puerperal fever, connected with other
districts of the Union, and were not sent to our Hospital, except the scarlet
fever and diphtheria cases ; the one case of scarlet fever was a Belgian refugee
who was removed to a M.A.B. hospital. There was one case of erysipelas in
the Strand Workhouse before the war. These are all excluded from the above
table, except one case each of diphtheria and enteric fever, who were formerly
private residents in Edmonton proper.