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Edmonton 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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TABLE V.—Table showing the Number of Cases Notified and the Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases for the year 1913, and ten preceding years.

Disease.1913.1912.1911.1910.1909.1908.1907.190b.1905.1904.1903.
Pop. 66,552Pop. 65,084Pop. 63,146Pop. 6I.741Pop. 61,164Pop. 60,182Pop. 59.434Pop. 56,818Pop. 54,606Pop. 53.358Pop. 52,139
CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
Notifiable.† Small Pox....................................4..1..
† Scarlet Fever4291211168....5283430812231838313259618131192
† Diphtheria and Membranous Croup1311536134375241101315827951793113744610191
† Enteric Fever823I122346307356295257446388286
Erysipelas50249255149142273..54..784661745632
Puerperal Fever1111........3..323352321..31
* Tuberculosis, Pulmonary24772228601074569508443..54..53..65..42..71..58
Tubercle, other forms7531..20..25..31..26..35..34..38..34..40..56
Non-notifiable† Diarrhœa..54..19..145..22..37..41..32..114..56..151..61
Enteritis..........6..1..22..5..2..10..14..8
† Measles..48..15..31..3..8..19..21..19..27..28..10
† Whooping Cough..9..23..15..9..13..18..39..15..30..7..19
Influenza..7..4..3..3..17..9..14..9..9..10..2

t The seven principal zymotic Diseases on the deaths from which the zymotic death-rate is based.
Infectious Diseases Notification and Prevention Acts have been in force since March 1st, 1891.
Before 1906, although their notifications were included, deaths in the Strand Union and amongst the non-residents in the Edmonton Union were
excluded from this table.
Deaths of Residents occurring outside the District are included. Our Isolation Hospitals are all outside the District.
* Compulsory Notification of Phthisis began on January 1st, 1909, as far as paupers are concerned, on May 1st, 1911, as far as hospital patients are
concerned, and on January 1st, 1912, for private patients. The populations quoted are nett, or exclusive of " foreigners " in institutions.