Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | ||||||||||
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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. | Foreign | Total. | |||
M.A.B. | Infy. | ||||||||||||
Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Malaria | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small Pox | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough . | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria & Croup | 9a | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | 10 | 218 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 91 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 49 | 58 |
Dysentery | 14 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 18 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis (Pul. Tub. | 28a. b | 69 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 1 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
—29a | |||||||||||||
Tub. Meningitis | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 29b, 31 | ||||||||||||
—35 | 13 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Cancer, malignant disease | 39—45 | 52 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 27 | 19 | .. | 50 | 50 |
Rheumatic Fever . | 47 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis | 61 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | i | |
Org. Heart Disease | 79 | 71 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 17 | 42 | 1 | 56 | 57 |
Bronchitis | 89—90 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 91—92 | 105 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | .. | 8 | 8 |
Other diseases of respiratory organ | 86—88 | ||||||||||||
93—98 | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 104—105 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 108 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver . | 113 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Alcoholism | 56 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease. | 119—120 | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | 3 | .. | 14 | 14 |
Puerperal Fever | 137 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Other accidents anc diseases of Preg nancy | 135—6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ditto, Parturition | 138—141 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Diseases . | 151—3 | 19 | 18 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 |
Congenital Disease | 150 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Premature Birth | 151a | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Violent Deaths, ex eluding Suicide . | 164—186 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .. | 7 | 7 |
Suicide | 155—163 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Defined Diseases | - | 152 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | (iv.) 32 | (iv.) 84 | 15 | 121 | 136 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 187—189 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Totals .. | - | 905 | 96 | 55 | 57 | 67 | 57 | 188 | 160 | 225 | 28 | 368 | 396 |
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.