Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Table III.—
Entrants. | Leavers. | Intermediate. | Total. | |||||||||||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Per cent. | |
Heart Disease- | ||||||||||||||||
No disease | 930 | 881 | 1811 | 99.07 | 598 | 525 | 1123 | 98.50 | 689 | 605 | 1294 | 99.32 | 2217 | 2011 | 4228 | 99.00 |
Organic disease | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.27 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.97 | 3 | .. | 3 | 0.23 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.44 |
Functional disease | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.33 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.44 | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.07 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0.28 |
Anaemia | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.33 | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.09 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.38 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0.28 |
Lungs- | ||||||||||||||||
No disease | 913 | 875 | 1788 | 97.82 | 601 | 536 | 1137 | 99.85 | 694 | 606 | 1300 | 99.77 | 2208 | 2017 | 4225 | 98.89 |
Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Catarrh | 27 | 12 | 39 | 2.13 | 2 | .. | 2 | 0.17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 14 | 43 | 1.00 |
Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suspected Tuberculosis | .. | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.08 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.04 |
Other diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 0.23 | 3 | .. | 3 | 0.07 |
Nervous Svstem— | ||||||||||||||||
No disease | 938 | 887 | 1825 | 99.85 | 603 | 536 | 1139 | 99.91 | 690 | 606 | 1296 | 99.48 | 2231 | 2029 | 4260 | 99.79 |
Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 0.15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.11 |
Migraine | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.09 | 5 | .. | 5 | 0.37 | 6 | .. | 6 | 0.14 |
Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Skin- | ||||||||||||||||
No disease | 928 | 887 | 1815 | 99.19 | 599 | 533 | 1132 | 99.30 | 689 | 603 | 1292 | 99.15 | 2216 | 2023 | 4239 | 99.18 |
Ringworm of body | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 0.15 | 2 | .. | 2 | 0.05 |
Ringworm of head | 2 | .. | 2 | 0.ll | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.08 | 4 | .. | 4 | 0.09 |
Impetigo | 3 | .. | 3 | 0.16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.08 | 4 | .. | 4 | 0.09 |
Scabies | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.09 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 0.02 |
Other diseases | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.44 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.52 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.54 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0.47 |