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Edmonton 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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SECTION II A.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES -NOTIFIABLE.
The Infectious Diseases Notification and Prevention Acts have
been in force in this District since March 31st, 1891.
Table V. shows the number of cases notified and the deaths from the
notifiable diseases for 1912, and the ten preceding years. The same Table
also shows the deaths that have occurred from non-notifiable diseases for
this period. This is not a Local Government Board Table.
Table II shows details as to age-distribution and locality of the
notified cases, and the number of cases removed to hospital.
The following Table shows the number of cases notified and the number isolated, the percentage of these to the cases notified, and the fatality,
| Disease. | Cases Notified. | No. isolated in Hospital. | Isolations per cent. | Total Deaths. | Fatality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 212 | 196 | 92.45 | 1 | 0.47 |
| Diphtheria and Mem. Croup | 136 | 123 | 90.44 | 13 | 9.56 |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | 2 | 16.66 | 7 | 58.33 |
| Totals | 360 | 321 | — | 21 | – |
Foreigners. There were notified from Edmonton Union
Infirmary 2 scarlet fever, 9 enteric fever, 9 erysipelas, and 4
puerperal fever cases. Of these, 6 enteric fever and 3 erysipelas cases
died. They were all, except one each of scarlet fever, erysipelas, and
puerperal fever, connected with other districts of the Union, and were
not sent to our Hospital, except the scarlet fever cases.
Compared with last year, the table above shows 144 more notifications
of scarlet fever, but only one fatal case. There were 92 more
notifications of diphtheria, but only half the percentage of fatal cases;
the notifications of enteric fever were 3 less, but the fatality was treble
that of 1911.
Guardians and Infectious Disease. As far back as
October, 1911, a proposition came from the Guardians that my Council
should continue the agreement of March, 1902, with an endorsement
thereon that the payment be raised from £195 8s. 3d. per year to
£270 1s. 8d., the latter figure representing a penny rate per head of the