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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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TABLE II.—
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward or Institution. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Agesf—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Bury Street Ward. | Ch'rch Street Ward. | Fore Street Ward. | Edm'ton Union Rsdnts. | Edm'ton Union Total. | Str'nd Union | Undistributed | |||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwds. | |||||||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 136 | 3 | 38 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | 70 | 48 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 123 | |
| Erysipelas | 58 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 212 | 1 | 38 | 144 | 25 | 4 | ... | ... | 54 | 93 | 64 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 196 | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Relapsing lever (R) Continued Fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||||||
| Regulations, 1908 | 53 | ... | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 9 | ... | 11 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Do. 1911 | 51 | ... | ... | 7 | 10 | 30 | 4 | ... | 19 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Do. 1912 | 121 | ... | 1 | 10 | 26 | 55 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 45 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Voluntary | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cliickenpox (to June 2nd) | 74 | 1 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 1 | ... | ••• | 19 | 24 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 725 | 6 | 111 | 297 | 83 | 149 | 69 | 10 | 252 | 247 | 188 | 4 | 40 | 2 | ... | 321 | |
Isolation Hospitals or Sanitoria:—
Enfield and Edmonton Joint Isolation Hospital at "World's End, Winchmore Hill, is in the Urban District of Enfield.
South Minims Small Pox Hospital and Sanitorium for Consumptive Persons. This is situate in the South Mimms Rural District of Middlesex
and belongs to sixteen Middlesex Districts.