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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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 3,896
Population
Census of 1921
Census of 1931
Estimated by tho Registrar-General for mid-year 1941
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1941 25,819
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1940 25,807
Rateable value, April 1941 £ 733,137
Estimated product of 1d in the £ for the year ending 31/3/1942 £ 2,830
Rates in the £ for the year ending 31/3/1942 14/11
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
The extent of unemployment may be estimated by the following figures relating to:
(1) the number of free dinners given to schoolchildren, and
(2) the actual figures supplied by the Director of Public Assistance.
No. 1 is given purely on economic grounds
(1) Number of free dinners during 1940 49,530
„ „ „ „ 1941 22,626
„ paid „ „ 1941 (from 24/2/41) 103,788
(2) Figures ro out relief:- Persons Amount
For the year 1940
(a) Ordinary out-relief 2,194 £ 22,475
(b) Unemployed out-relief 207 £789
2,401 £23,264
For the year 1941
(a) Ordinary out-relief 2,054 £ 21,210
(b) Unemployed out-relief 31 £ 18
2,085 £ 21,238
VITAL STATISTICS
LIVE BIRTHS | M | F | Total | Grand total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 659 | 633 | 1292 | |
Illegitimate | 25 | 28 | 53 | 1,345 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of population | - | |||
STILL BIRTHS | ||||
Legitimate | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
Illegitimate | - | 1 | 1 | 31 |
Total of live and still births | 1,376 | |||
Rate per 1,000 total births | 22.53 | |||
DEATHS | ||||
Number | 552 | 518 | 1,070 | |
Rate per 1,000 population | - | |||
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES | Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) | ||
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | 1 | 0.73 | ||
Other maternal causes | 4 | 2.90 | ||
5 | 3.63 |