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Edmonton 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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TABLE III. -Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1918.

Classified by age and cause (excluding Military).

Causes of Death.Class.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district.Total deaths of Non-residents "in institutions in the district.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.ForeignTotal.
M.A.B.Infy.
Enteric Fever12....11..............
Malaria41..........1..........
Small Pox5........................
Measles6715..1..............
Scarlet Fever71......1..............
Whooping Cough .814446................
Diphtheria & Croup9a5....131..........
Influenza1021831024192791261894958
Dysentery144..........13........
Erysipelas183........12..........
Phthisis (Pul. Tub.28a. b69......31 13815212829
—29a
Tub. Meningitis30711..4..1......11
Other Tuberculous Diseases29b, 31
—3513..13531......33
Cancer, malignant disease39—4552..........62719..5050
Rheumatic Fever .472............11......
Meningitis616..1121..1..1i
Org. Heart Disease7971..1..21..174215657
Bronchitis89—9048421......53411617
Pneumonia (all forms)91—9210519241394111411..88
Other diseases of respiratory organ86—88
93—987..11....1..4..22
Diarrhoea and Enteritis104—1051712111233
Appendicitis and Typhlitis1087......3211........
Cirrhosis of Liver .1132............111..1
Alcoholism56......................
Nephritis and Bright's Disease.119—12015....11..193..1414
Puerperal Fever137....................11
Other accidents anc diseases of Preg nancy135—6........................
Ditto, Parturition138—141........................
Infantile Diseases .151—31918..1............55
Congenital Disease15073112..........11
Premature Birth151a2525................22
Violent Deaths, ex eluding Suicide .164—186201....31564..77
Suicide155—1633..........3..........
Other Defined Diseases-1525227515(iv.) 32(iv.) 8415121136
Diseases ill-defined or unknown187—1893..1..........2......
Totals ..-905965557675718816022528368396

Ten deaths of non-residents, not in institutions of Edmonton, are not included in
this table. Two vagrants are in table marked V.
SUB-ENTRIES included in
above table Cerebro-spinal Fever, 61 A One. Acute Poliomyelitis None.