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Edmonton 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.

Month.After births.Re-visits.After 6 months.Neglected infants.After deaths.Diarrhœal diseases.
January691436...31...
February81810...12...
March98105...17...
April59714...16...
May8065...4...
June58523...4...
July80118...6...
August48122...83
September96385...14...
October55136...3...
November23234...1...
December1936...5...
Totals766150124...1213

INSPECTIONS under FACTORY & WORKSHOPS ACTS.

Month.Factories.Workshops.Laundries.Outworkers.Rooms measured up
January256282
February...2155...
March13...67...
April12751...
May61019018
June41...157...
July2241143
August...4...35...
September13255...
October...1...48...
November.........2...
December...123...
Totals173423705**23

** Compared with 733 last year and 485 in 1914 ; mainly on war work.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.

Visits and re-visits to Measles cases1,184
,, re Measles disinfection45
,, and re-visits to Erysipelas cases113
,, re Erysipelas disinfection12
,, re Puerperal Fever cases9
,, re Puerperal Fever disinfection4
,, re Pulmonary Tuberculosis275
,, re Pulmonary Tuberculosis disinfection (after death or removal)155
,, re other forms of Tubercle49
„ re Ophthalmia Neonatorum64
Total1,635