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Edmonton 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

Published
1929
Pages
52
Tables
25

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25 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    The Accountant has kindly furnished the following figures relating to 1928 :—
    HousesTenements.
  • Page 6
    The Clerk to the Guardians has kindly furnished me with the following figures relating to relief in the district during the year 1928:—
    Outdoor Relief—Cases.Cash and Kind.
  • Page 8
    Total Number of Deaths for the Year 1928.
    Causes of Death.ALL AGES.Under 1 year1 & under 2 years2 & under 5 years5 & under 15 years15 & under 25 years25 & under 45 years45 & under 65 years65 and upwards
  • Page 9
    Some alteration in the classification of deaths is owing to fuller information being obtained from the certifying doctor in response to special enquiries.
    Causes of Death.M.F.Total.
  • Page 10
    The Registrar-General has forwarded provisional figures relating to the rest of the country, enabling the following comparisons to be made:—
    Birth-rate per 1,000 of populationDeath rate per 1,000 births
    From diarrhoea, &c., under 2 years.Total deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 10
    Annual Death Rate per 1,000 population.
    All Causes.Enteric Fever.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.
  • Page 10
    The birth-rate and death-rate for the last few years are as follows:—
    Birth-rate.Infantile Death-rate.Death-rate.
  • Page 14
    CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES
    Situation.Accommodation.Authority
  • Page 17
    LIST OF ADOPTIVE ACTS, BYE-LAWS, ETC., IN FORCE IN THE DISTRICT.
    Date of Adoption.
  • Page 19
    The following tabular statement gives the number and the nature of the inspections made by the Inspectors during the year:—
  • Page 20
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  • Page 28
    The Council maintain a laboratory, and the following is the result of swabs examined during the year:—
  • Page 30
    Disease.Total No. of cases.Number Removed.Under 1 year.1 — 22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 & over.
  • Page 32
    TUBERCULOSIS. Details as to the form and age of patients affected, etc., are given in the subjoined table:—
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulm.Non-Pulm.Pulm.Non-Pulm.
    MfMFMFmF
  • Page 32
    The following deaths from tuberculosis occurred without prior notification:—
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 33
    The non-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis were:—
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 33
    The notifications of the pulmonary form were received from the following :
  • Page 35
    FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS. The following work has been carried out under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— 1—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
  • Page 36
    2. —Defects found in the above.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 37
    The work carried out at the various clinics, tabulated according to attendances, etc., may be summarised:—
    Number of Sessions.New Cases.Total Attendances.
  • Page 38
    The Dental Clinic is held at Pymmes Park weekly, the statistical report being:—
    Mothers.Children.
  • Page 39
    Visits Paid to Homes by the Health Visitors are as follows:—
    To expectant mothers—
  • Page 40
    Attendances were as follows:—
    Children Under 5.Children Over 5.
  • Page 40
    Infectious Complaints relating to motherhood and young infant life were the following:—
    No. of Cases.No. of Visits.Removed to Hospital.