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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The following tables give the deaths of those registered during the 53
weeks ended 2nd January, 1937, sub-divided as to age groups:—
MALES.
Causes of Death | ALL AGES | Under 1 year | 1 & under 2 years | 2 & under 5 years | 5 & under 15 years | 15 & under 25 years | 25 & under 35 years | 35 & under 45 years | 45 & under 55 years | 55 & under 65 years | 65 & under 75 years | 75 and over |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Other T. B. Diseases | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
General Paralysis of the Insane | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | 45 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 |
Diabetes | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. |
Heart Disease | 107 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | 22 | 33 | 41 |
Aneurysm | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 9 |
Bronchitis | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Pneumonia | 56 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Peptic Ulcer | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Appendicitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Other Diseases of the Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Congenital Debility, etc. | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Senility | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Suicide | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Other Violence | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Other Defined Diseases | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | 7 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Totals | 450 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 68 | 100 | 93 |