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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Provisional figures for 1933 have been forwarded by the Registrar-General and the following comparisons can be made:—
| Birth-rate per 1.ooo population | Death-rate per 1,000 births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From diarrhoea, etc., under 2 years | Total deaths under 1 year | |||
| Live | Still | |||
| All Causes | Typhoid Fever | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Violence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .05 | .05 | .57 | .54 | ||||||
| 12.2 | .51 | .58 | |||||||
| I0.2 | .00 | .15 | .51 |
GENERAL INVALIDITY.
It is possible to gauge the general invalidity prevailing in the district
from the reports made weekly by the Health Visitors and the returns
made to the Education Committee by the Attendance Department. In
addition, I see weekly the medical certificates of the Council's workmen
who are on the sick list, and in the case of those on the list longer than a
fortnight, I pay a visit to make enquiries—the result of my visit being
reported to the appropriate Committee.
The causes of general invalidity might be grouped under two main
headings:—(1) an infection spreading through the community and (2)
personal illness.
With regard to the former, I noted that there was much influenza
and pneumonia in the third week in January, and that in Edmonton the
deaths exceeded the births.
This condition prevailed for a month and I noted that in the third
week in February the influenza and bronchitis was not so bad, and that
there were not so many workmen on the sick list.
The infection gradually abated and for the first week in April I
noted : " Warm week : sunny : illness died down."
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