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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Month. | Factories. | Workshops. | Laundries. | Outworkers. | Rooms Measured. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | - | - | 3 | — |
| February | 4 | - | 1 | 15 | — |
| March | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | — |
| April | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| May | — | — | — | — | — |
| June | 2 | 5 | — | 9 | — |
| July | 4 | — | — | 4 | — |
| August | 14 | — | 1 | — | — |
| September | — | — | — | 45 | — |
| October | — | — | 1 | 27 | — |
| November | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| December | — | — | - | 28 | - |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 7 | 208 | — |
| Month. | Measles. | Phthisis. | Other forms Tubercle. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 21 | 3 | _ | 1 | 2 | 37 |
| February | 14 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 54 |
| March | 51 | 54 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 115 |
| April | 73 | 42 | — | 4 | 5 | — | 124 |
| May | 42 | 28 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 74 |
| .June | 116 | 47 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 171 |
| July | 98 | 32 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 136 |
| August | 27 | 44 | 11 | — | 5 | — | 87 |
| September | 4 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 24 | — | 76 |
| October | 5 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | 53 |
| November | 4 | 33 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 46 |
| December | 5 | 21 | - | 9 | 2 | 37 | |
| Totals | 449 | 422 | 47 | 43 | 45 | 4 | 1010 |
For the arrangement of disinfection afterwards, the following visits were
paid:—16 to measles; 171 to pulmonary tuberculosis; 12 to erysipelas: 1 to
puerperal fever.