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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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The following table shows the deaths from these diseases distributed amongst the three Wards and Edmonton residents in the Workhouse.
| DISEASE. | Whole District. | Bury Street. | Church Street. | Fore Street. | Edmonton Union Residents. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | – | – | – | — | – |
| Measles | 15 | 9 | 6 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | – | 1 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | – | — | 1 | — |
| Diarrhœa | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 70 | 34 | 22 | 14 | |
| Rates | 1.08 | 1.58 | 0.99 | 0.65 | 19.87 |
The Average Zymotic Death-rate for the previous ten years was 2.52. In the following table are set out the Nett General Death-rate, Infantile and Zymotic Death-rates for 1912 and the previous ten years :—
| Nett Death-rate. | Infantile Mortality. | Zymotic Death-rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 17.8 | 143.6 | 4.7 |
| 1903 | 13.7 | *140.3 | 1.91 |
| 1904 | 15.8 | 161.8 | 3.87 |
| 1905 | 13.3 | 128.0 | 2.36 |
| 1906 | 13.7 | 131.8 | 3.03 |
| 1907 | 13.3 | 121.1 | 2.08 |
| 1908 | 12.1 | 117.4 | 1.99 |
| 1909 | 11.0 | 100.39 | 1.29 |
| 1910 | 9.5 | 74.55 | 0.79 |
| 1911 | 13.1 | 143.48 | 3.17 |
| 1912 | 10.2 | 84.42 | 1.08 |
* In calculating the Infantile Mortality for the year 1903, deaths due to premature
birth were included for the first time.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The infantile mortality is a special death-rate, referring to the first
age-period (0 to 1 year), and is expressed as the number of deaths that
take place amongst children under one year of age per thousand births
registered.
The number of such deaths occurring amongst Edmonton children,
and registered within (or without) the district within the year, was
149, and the births registered within (or without) the district, born of