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Edmonton 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE II.—All cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1916.
(Excluding the Military.)
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward or Institution. | Residents Removed to our Hospital. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages - Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| Bury Street Ward. | Ch'rch Street Ward. | Fore Street Ward. | Rsdnts. Edm'ton Infirm'y | Total of Rsdnts. | Others in Edm'ton Infirrn'y | Belgian Refug'es | ||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwds. | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 71 | ... | 24 | 43 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | 23 | 36 | ... | 67 | ... | 4 | 65 |
| Erysipelas | 63 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 11 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 116 | 2 | 45 | 58 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 42 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 110 | 1 | 103 | |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 25 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 18 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 7 | ... | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | 8 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 160 | see | " Wo men | Inspectors' | Work " | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Measles | 1171 | 69 | 755 | 331 | 13 | 3 | ... | ... | 425 | 455 | 272 | ... | 1152 | 1 | 18 | none |
| 67 | 3 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | 31 | 28 | ... | 66 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 1742 | 88 | 862 | 470 | 39 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 514 | 566 | 396 | 4 | 1480 | 17 | 32 | 173 |
* Treated in the Infirmary.
The figures take account of any corrections made as a result of error in notification, or revision of diagnosis as a result of tlie further course of the disease.
Isolation Hospitals and Sanatoria, etc. :—
1. Enfield and Edmonton joint isolation hospital at World's End, Winchmore Hill, is in the urban district of Enfield.
2. Clare Hall small-pox hospital and sanatorium for consumptive persons. This is situate in the South Mimms rural district of Middlesex
and belongs to the 18 Middlesex districts.
3. There is a building on Clavering's Farm, Edmonton, capable of taking 10 male and 6 female small-pox cases ; is now attached to No. 2.
Cases of infectious disease occurring amongst soldiers and sailors are not included in this table, but a separate Statement about these, as far
as known, is given in the foreword.