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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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The two following tables give the deaths of those registered during the
52 weeks ended 27th December, 1947.
The slight difference between the following tables in respect of the causes
of death and the one supplied by the Registrar General is that the Registrar
General is in possession of additional information on the matter.

Table: MALES.

MALES.

Causes of DeathALL AGES– to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 and over
Whooping Cough....................................
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory43...1......3771195...
SystemOther forms of Tuberculosis21......1.....................
Syphilitic Diseases3........................2...1
Influenza6........................222
Measles22..............................
Cancer of Buccal Cavity and3........................111
Oesophagus....................................
Cancer of Stomach and11.....................2342
Duodenum Cancer of all other sites86...............2513252813
Diabetes2...........................11
Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions42...............143101311
Heart Disease120...............•••28184445
Other Circulatory Diseases29........................11513
Bronchitis47.....................4101023
Pneumonia228......1......22333
Other Respiratory Diseases6.....................132...
Ulcer of Stomach or7.....................3121
Duodenum Diarrhoea (under 2 years)98l...........................
Appendicitis2.....................11......
Other Digestive Diseases14.....................2453
Nephritis11..................11333
Premature Birth1111..............................
Cong, mal., birth injuries,1515..............................
infant dis. Suicide6..................1131...
Road Traffic Accidents6.........2...1.........1...
Other violence91...............14...12
All other causes33............115...5318
Totals547444...48122856104144143