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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Causes of Death (1 uncertified). | Classification. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and undor 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken -pox | 19c | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 9a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 28—29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32—35 | |||||||||||
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | 71 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Laryngitis | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 89—90 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 91—92 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| Diarrhoea | 104 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |||
| Enteritis | 105 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Gastritis | 103a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | 37 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |||
| Rickets | 36a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suffocation—overlaying | 168 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| 152c— | |||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | 153 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Atelectasis | 152b | 3 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Congenital malformations | 150 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Premature Birth | 151a | 19 | 4 | - | 24 | - | - | 26 | |||
| Atrophy, Debility, and | 151 | ||||||||||
| Marasmus | b c d e | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 | |
| Other causes | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 13 | 9 1 8 | |||
Nett Births in the year.—Legitimate, 1,173; illegitimate, 64.
Nett Deaths in the year.—Legitimate infants, 77; illegitimate* infants, 7
THE WOMEN INSPECTORS (HEALTH VISITORS).
I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by
them during 1919. The bulk of their work falls into four large divisions,
viz:—