[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton] page 26

Edmonton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Infantile Diarrhoea.
The death-rate per 1,000 live births for London as a whole was 12.0,
whilst that for Edmonton was 7.5 as compared with 14.4 and 6.2 respectively
last year.

Table: The following table gives the age incidence, etc., of those suffering from notifiable diseases, excluding tuberculosis, which is dealt with separately.

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The following table gives the age incidence, etc., of those suffering from notifiable diseases, excluding tuberculosis, which is dealt with separately.

Disease	Total No. of Cases	No. Removed to Hospital	Deaths	Under 1 year of age	1—2 years	2—3 years	3—4 years	4—5 years	5—10 years	10—15 years	15—20 years	20—35 years	35—45 years	45—65 years	65 and over
Scarlet Fever	282	265	1	..	4	10	16	20	122	45	29	24	9	3	..
Diphtheria	109	109	5	3	2	3	6	16	48	19	3	6	3	..	..
Enteric Fever	9	9	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	5	1	..	..
Puerperal Fever	8	8	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	1	..	..
Puerperal Pyrexia	53	52	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	41	8	..	..
Pneumonia	78	31	83	2	1	2	3	1	8	4	12	14	7	20	4
Erysipelas	45	23	..	3	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	7	6	22	5
Cerebro-Spinal Fever	4	4	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	20	18	..	20	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute Polio-myelitis	4	4	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
Dysentery	28	8	..	2	..	4	2	..	8	2	1	4	1	3	1

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It must be noted that the figures in the second column as being removed
to hospital includes those already under treatment at a hospital—for instance,
the North Middlesex County Hospital.
This remark applies more particularly to the infections associated with
parturition and include puerperal fever, puerperal pyrexia and ophthalmia
neonatorum.

Table: The following table indicates the wards from which the various cases were notified:—

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The following table indicates the wards from which the various cases were notified:—

Disease	Bury Street Ward	Church Streeet Ward	Angel Road Ward	Silver Street Ward	North Middlesex County Hospital	Other Institutions	Total
Scarlet Fever	77	39	58	85	19	4	282
Diphtheria	36	8	22	36	6	1	109
Enteric Fever	2	—	6	1	—	—	9
Puerperal Fever	2	1	1	1	3	—	8
Puerperal Pyrexia	11	3	2	8	29	—	53
Pneumonia	23	9	19	25	1	1	78
Erysipelas	14	4	16	11	—	—	45
Cerebro-spinal Fever	2	-	—	1	1	—	4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	3	2	1	2	12	—	20
Acute Polio-myelitis	1	—	—	1	2	—	4
Dysentery	6	1	8	8	5	—	28

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Table: The following table gives the age incidence, etc., of those suffering from notifiable diseases, excluding tuberculosis, which is dealt with separately.

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Table: The following table indicates the wards from which the various cases were notified:—