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Edmonton 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Year. | Nett Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Tota l Deaths Registeredin the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Of Non-residents registered in the District. | Of Residents not registered in the District. | |||||||||||
| Number.* | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. † | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1.000 Nett Births | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1906 | 56,818 | 1,881 | 1,822 | 32.07 | 915 | 15.55 | 256 | 124 | 248 | 131.84 | 783 | 13.78 |
| 1907 | 59,434 | 1,923 | 1,857 | 31.24 | 977 | 15.89 | 309 | 124 | 9,25 | 121.16 | 792 | 13.32 |
| 1908 | 60,182 | 2,000 | 1,931 | 32.09 | 902 | 14.50 | 297 | 129 | 227 | 117.41 | 732 | 12.16 |
| 1909 | 61,164 | 1,871 | 1,803 | 29.48 | 890 | 14.09 | 325 | 110 | 182 | 100.39 | 675 | 11.03 |
| 1910 | 61,741 | 1,961 | 1,878 | 30.42 | 872 | 13.56 | 376 | 94 | 140 | 74.55 | 587 | 9.51 |
| 1911 | 63,146 | 1,921 | 1,847 | 29.25 | 1,219 | 18.68 | 489 | 100 | 265 | 143.48 | 830 | 13.14 |
| 65,084 | 1,844 | 1,765 | 27.12 | 1,126 | 16.76 | 563 | 103 | 149 | 84.42 | 666 | 10.23 | |
Notes.—This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the district,
and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding rates. The rates
should be calculated per 1,000 of the estimated gross population, but as Edmonton is a district
in which large Public Institutions for the sick or infirm seriously affect the statistics, the
rates in Columns 5 and 13 are calculated on a nett population, obtained by deducting from th
estimated gross population the average number of inmates not belonging to the district in
such institutions.
* In Column 6 are included the whole of the deaths registered during the year as
laving actually occurred within the district.
† "Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence
in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided. The deaths
of persons without fixed or usual residence, e.g., casuals, must not be included in Columns
8 or 9, except in certain instances under 3 (b) below. The Medical Officer of Health will
state in Column 8 the number of transferable deaths of "non-residents" which are to be
deducted, and will state in Column 9 the number of deaths of "residents" registered outside
the district which are to be added in calculating the nett death-rate of his district.
The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths:—
(1) Persons dying in Institutions for the sick or infirm, such as hospitals, lunatic
asylums, workhouses, and nursing homes (but not almshouses) must be regarded as residents
of the district in which they had a fixed or usual residence at the time of admission. If
the person dying in an Institution had no fixed residence at the time of admission, the death
is not transferable. If the patient has been directly transferred from one such institution
to another, the death is transferable to the district of residence at the time of admission to
the first Institution.
(2) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth in an Institution to
which the mother was admitted for her confinement should be referred to the district of
fixed or usual residence of the parent.
(3) Deaths from Violence are to be referred (a) to the district of residence, under the
general rule; (b) if this district is unknown, or the deceased had no fixed abode, to the
district where the accident occurred, if known; (c) failing this, to the district where death
occurred, if known; and (d) failing this, to the district where the body was found.
Area of District in acres (land and inland water, including 31 of
water) 3,894
Total population at all ages 64,797
Number of inhabited houses or tenements 12,491
Average number of persons per house or tenement, 5.00 (including
Institutions) 5.19
At
Census
of
1911.