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Edmonton 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: A . TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Edmonton Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

A . TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, 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. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a)Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all age3. (b)Under 1 year. (c)1 and under 5. (d)5 and under 15. (e)15 and under 25. (f)25 and under 65. (g)65 and upwards. (h)123456789101112131415161718202122
Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.ErysipelasMeasles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and DysenteryRheu-matic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total
Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued.Re lapsing.Puerperal.
EDMONTON51122294201810255Under 5...22........................1620123......66...681316
5 upw'ds......4......1......2.........2...23039201184195
Edmonton Workhouse—Under 5.......................................2......1......14
Edmonton Parish514...1224205 upw'ds..........................................175512847
Under 5...................................................1...45
Tottenham Parish66231226325 upw'ds.............................................117613661
Under 5.......................................1..................1
Wood Green Parish81.........435 upw'ds...................................................2...57
Under 5...............................................................
Hornsey Parish20............1375 up'wds.............................................3...3...1420
Under 5...............................................................
South Hornsey Parish15...•••...11045 upw'ds..........................................1313...715
Under 5...............................................................
Enfield Parish16.........11055 upw'ds.............................................411...1016
Under 5............................................................•••
Waltham Abbey Parish8............625 upw'ds.......................................1......12...48
Under 5...............................................................
Cheshunt Parish4............815 upw'ds.........................................................44
Under 5...............................................................
Southgate Parish2...............25 upw'ds.........................................................22
Under 5.......................................3...............710
Strand Workhouse (including Schools)8282......24485 upw'ds.............................................3192...4872
Totals783237992224222179Under 5...22........................1620129......671693336
5 upw'ds......4......1......2.........21461734413242447

Table: The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

Deaths occurring outside the district448333234Under 5......1...........................2.........1......711
5 upw'ds...............1...........................11322533
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto2211151496104Under 5.......................................4.........1...1116
5 upw'ds.......................................???12429191130205

Table: B TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Edmonton Urban Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

B TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, 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. (a)Population at all ages.Registered (d) Births.Aged under 5 or over 5. (c)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 in Isolation Hospital.
Last Census. (b)Estimated to middle of 1898. (c)12345678910111234567891011
Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.ErysipelasSmallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas
Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
Edmonton23,47335,8361,103Under 5...3610......3............4...11...........................
5 upw'ds...8624......20......6...37...33.........4......1......
Edmonton Union56157932Under 5..........................................•••..................
5 upw'ds...2........................2.................................
Strand Union (including Schools)1,3461,29113Under 5..................................................................
5 upw'ds..............................1.................................
Totals25,38037,7061,148Under 5...3610......3............4...11...........................
5 upw'ds...8824......20......6...40...33.........4......1......

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State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the District—Yes. Since when?—1890. Besides the above-mentioned Diseases, insert in the columns with blank headings
the names of any other diseases that are notifiable in the District, and fill the columns accordingly. 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; or if not within the District, state where it is situated—Scarlet Fever Hospital in Enfield, Cases of other Diseases to Tottenham and London Hospitals.