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Edmonton 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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A. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1894, in the Edmonton Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names ok Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as seperate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) | Mortality from all Causes, at Subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 1 | 7 1 | 8 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edmonton District | 349 | 119 | 67 | 29 | 8 | 75 | 51 | Under 5 5 upwds. | - | - | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 17 | 27 | 1 | - | 5 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 186 |
| — | 3 | 5 | — | - | 5 | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 24 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 74 | 164 | ||||||||||
| Edmonton Union | 144 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 61 | Under 5 5 upwds. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | - | - | 10 | 17 |
| — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | i | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 22 | 10 | 12 | — | 78 | 127 | |||||||||
| Strand Union (including Schools) ... | 91 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 29 | 50 | Under 5 5 upwds. | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | 11 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | — | — | 50 | 80 | |||||||||
| Totals | 584 | 137 | 77 | 32 | 12 | 164 | 162 | Under 5 5 upwds. | —' | — | 17 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 1 | — | 5 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 83 | 214 | |||||||
| — | 3 | 5 | — | - | 7 | — | — | — | - | i | — | — | 2 | 3 | - | 56 | 56 | 25 | 11 | 202 | 371 | |||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occuring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 22 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | Under 5 5 upwds. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 16 | 19 | |||||||||
| Deaths occuring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 91 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 29 | 50 | Under 5 5 upwds. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | 11 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | - | — | 50 | 80 | |||||||||
B. TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND THE NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1894, in the Edmonton Urban
Sanitary District ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment inIsolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. | Estimtd. to middle of 1894. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Fevers. | Puerperal. | Cholera | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Fevers | . | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||
| Continued. | Relapsing. | Tyyhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (a.) | (b.) | (c.) | (d.) | (e.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edmonton District | 23,473 | 28,419 | 847 | Under 5. | - | 19 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 79 | 33 | - | - | 25 | - | - | 2 | - | 40 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Edmonton Union | 561 | 615 | 53 | Under 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwds. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Strand Union (including Schools) | 1,346 | 1,474 | 6 | Under 5. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwds. | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total | 25,380 | 30,508 | 906 | Under 5. | - | 21 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 79 | 33 | - | - | 27 | - | - | 2 | - | 53 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
State here whether " Notification of Infectious Disease " is compulsory in the District:—Yes. Since when ?:—March, 1891. State here the name of the Isolation Hospital used by the sick of the District.
Mark (H) the Locality in which such Hospital is situated ; and if not within the District, state where it is situated:—None but 5 cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Enfield Isolation Hospital by arrangement, and 1 to
North Eastern Fever Hospital. The case of Smallpox to Highgate Smallpox Hospital.