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Edmonton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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The following tables give the deaths of those registered during the 52
weeks ended 1st January, 1938, sub-divided as to age groups:—

MALES.

Causes of DeathALL AGESUnder 1 year1 & under 2 years2 & under 5 years5 & under 15 years15 & under 25 years25 & under 35 years35 & under 45 years45 & under 55 years55 & under 65 years65 & under 75 years75 and over
Typhoid Fever1............1........
Measles11....................
Scarlet Fever1....1................
Whooping Cough11....................
Diphtheria21..1................
Influenza10..........111241
Encephalitis Lethargica1................1••..
Cerebro-spinal Fever21......1............
Tuberculosis of the respiratory47........7891364..
system........................
Other T. B. Diseases7....1221....1....
Syphilis........................
General Paralysis of the Insane3..............1..2..
Cancer71......1..25925218
Diabetes5..............122..
Cerebral Haemorrhage19..............14104
Heart Disease1 20..........4114253739
Aneurysm5..............221..
Other Circulatory Diseases25................5812
Bronchitis171........113533
Pneumonia49112215248842
Other Respiratory Diseases6..............32..1
Peptic Ulcer10..............36..1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)77....................
Appendicitis5......1..11..11..
Cirrhosis of Liver2............1..1....
Other Diseases of the Liver1..........1..........
Other Digestive Diseases9............2..122
Acute and Chronic Nephritis12..........3....134
Congenital Debility, etc2120......1............
Senility4....................4
Suicide6..........2....22..
Other Violence19....22431..4..3
Other Defined Diseases151..123..56872
Causes ill-defined or unknown11....................
Totals525452892329326811211186

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