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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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The supply of milk at schools and the increased supplies granted under
new orders in the Maternity and Child Welfare Department is bearing good
fruit.
There was an increase in the Death Rate amongst the older members of
the population due to Influenza and complications occurring therefrom.
The number of persons dying from Cancer, we regret to say, has
increased, but, as in other years, the incidence is greater amongst the aged.
The following causes of death are supplied by the Registrar-General and refer to deaths which were registered during the calendar year:—
| M. | F. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Typhoid and Para -typhoid Fevers | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Measles | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Scarles | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cerephalitis Lethargica | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 49 | 29 | 78 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. |
| General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 73 | 56 | 129 |
| Diabetes | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 19 | 24 | 43 |
| 117 | 119 | 236 | |
| Aneurysm | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 25 | 30 | 55 |
| Bronchitis | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 49 | 34 | 83 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 10 | .. | 10 |
| Diarrhœa, etc (under 2 yrs.) | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Appendicillis | 5 | .. | 5 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Other Puerperal Causes | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 21 | 15 | 36 |
| Senility | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| suicide | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Other Violence | 19 | 12 | 81 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 35 | 33 | 68 |
| Causes Ill-defined or Unknown | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Special Causes (included in " Other Defined Diseases "): — | |||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. |
| Polio-Encephalitis | .. | .. | .. |
| Total Deaths | 525 | 465 | 990 |