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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year of age were as follows:—
M. F. Total
Legitimate 44 32 76
Illegitimate 2 3 5
46 35 81

Table: The death-rate of all infants per 1,000 live births was 50 7. A detailed sub-division of the causes, etc., of these infant deaths is as follows: —MALES.

The death-rate of all infants per 1,000 live births was 50 7. A detailed sub-division of the causes, etc., of these infant deaths is as follows: —

MALES.

Causes ot DeathUnder 1 weekSecond weekThird weekFourth weekTotal under 1 month1—3 months3—6 months6—9 months9—12 monthsTotal under 1 year
Measles................11
Diphtheria................11
Whooping Cough..........1......1
Bronchitis................11
Pneumonia1..1..2133211
Cerebro-Spinal Fever............i....i
Diarrhoea....1..1141..7
Congenital Malformation11....21......3
Congenital Debility........81..••..1
Premature Birth62....1......9
Injury at Birth3..1..4........4
Atelactasis1......1........1
Other Disear.es of Eailv Infancy11....2........2
Other Causes1..........l....2
Totals1443..21694545

Table: FEMALES.

FEMALES.

Causes of DeathUnder i weekSecond weekThird weekFourth weekTotal under i monthi—3 months3—6 months6—9 months9—12 monthsTotal under i year
Pneumonia......1112228
Meningitis..............2..2
Diarrhœa............33..6
Congenital Malformation1..1..21......3
Congenital Debility..........1......1
Premature Birth4155
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Icterus Neonatorum2......2........2
Suffocation..........1i....2
Other Diseases of Early Inlancy1..1..21......3
Totals10••3114567234