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Edmonton 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1916.
| Estimated Civil Population, middle of 1916. | Annual rates per 1,000 of the population. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett Births. | Nett Deaths. | Zymotic Deaths. | |||
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*In round numbers. [See note of Registrar General's Report, p. 39.]
As regards 1911 and since, the aggregate death-rates from the principal
epidemic diseases have not been recorded by the Registrar-General; the
zymotic death-rate is therefore not obtainable in all cases.
The marriage-rate of England and Wales for 1916 was 15.4; the highest
on record at 19.5 per 1,000 in 1915. The birth-rate is 0.2 less than last
year, and is the lowest on record; the death-rate is 0.8 less than 1915, and
0.6 higher than 1913, which was the lowest on record. The infantile deathrate
is 19 integers less than last year, and the lowest on record. The natural
increase in the population of England and Wales, or the excess of births
over deaths, is 277,227, or 68,892 less than the average of the preceding
five years.
THE WOMEN INSPECTORS AND THEIR WORK.
I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by
them during 1916. The bulk of their work falls into four correspondingly
large divisions, viz. :—
1. The crusade against preventable infantile mortality;
2. The work done in factories, workshops, etc., where women and
girls are employed, and amongst home-workers of their own sex.
3. The visitation of consumptives and other tubercular persons.
4. The visitation of scholars at home, when suffering from the non-
notifiable infectious diseases, or measles.