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Edmonton 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

Area (in acres)3,896
Population—
Census of 192166,809
Census of 193177,652
Census of 1951104,270
Estimated by the Registrar-General for mid-year 195698,110
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 195628,108
Number of inhabited houses and separate dwellings at the end of 195528,773
Rateable Value, April, 1956£1,486.440
Estimated product of Id. in the £ for the year ending March 31st, 1957£6,100
Rates in the £ for the year ending March 31st, 195714s. l0d.

Table: VITAL STATISTICS.

VITAL STATISTICS.

Live Births.M.F.TotalGrand Total
Legitimate6505681,218
Illegitimate1927461,264
Birth-rate per 1.000 of population12,88
Stillbirths.
Legitimate13142729
Illegitimate112
Total of live and stillbirths1,293
Rate per 1.000 total births22,42
Deaths.
Number5154449599.77
Rate per 1,000 population
Maternal Mortality.Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths livelive and stillbirths
Toxaemias of Pregnancy—
Complication of Pregnancy and Delivery—
—
Death rate of Infants under one year of age.
M.F.Total
Number21829
All infants per 1,000 live births22.94
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births22.98
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births21.74
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)214
Measles (all ages)—
Whooping Cough (all ages)—
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)—