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Edmonton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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FEMALES.

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 Fever........................
Measles........................
Scarlet Fever........................
Whooping Cough........................
Diphtheria3......3..............
Influenza15............212..10
Encephalitis Lethargica........................
Cerebro-Spinal Fever........................
Tuberculosis of the respiratory29..1....137511..1
system........................
Other T. B. Diseases6....211....2......
Syphilis........................
General Paralysis of the Insane........................
Cancer54..........157141314
Diabetes7............12..31
Cerebral Haemorrhage23..........1..2299
Heart Disease120......24448122759
Aneurysm1....................1
Other Circulatory Diseases27............1..2915
Bronchitis18................3312
Pneumonia14831....122359
Other Respiratory Diseases5..........1..3....1
Peptic Ulcer1..............1......
Diarrhoea,etc.(under 2 yearsof age)66....................
Appendicitis1..........1..........
Cirrhosis of Liver1..1
Other Diseases of the Liver1................1..
Other Digestive Diseases12......1..2..1323
Acute and Chronic Nephritis14..1....321..331
Puerperal Sepsis2..........11........
Other Puerperal Causes3..........12........
Congenital Debility1716........1..........
Senility13..................112
Suicide5........1..12..1..
Other Violence1221....1......1..7
Other Defined Diseases292..121137354
Causes ill-defined or unknown........................
Totals45934649242428394982160

There is a slight difference in respect of the causes of death between
these last two tables and the one supplied by the Registrar-General, who is
probably in possession of additional information on the matter.
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