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Edmonton 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE 1. EDMONTON URBAN D1STR1CT.
| Year. | Populat1on est1mated to M1ddle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths 1n Publ1c 1nst1tut1ons. | Deaths of Non.res1dents reg1stered 1n the D1str1ct. | Deaths of Res1dents reg1stered beyond D1str1ct. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 B1rths reg1stered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 1894 | 28,419 | 906 | 30.15 | 121 | 132.24 | 584 | 20.54 | 235 | 91 | 22 | 5.5 | 18.12 |
| 1895 | 30,080 | 1024 | 32.25 | 116 | 122.65 | 608 | 20.2 | 243 | 196 | 17 | 424 | |
| 1896 | 31,888 | 1020 | 30.57 | 169 | 153.68 | 691 | 21.6 | 253 | 208 | 500 | ||
| 1897 | 33.804 | 1139 | 32.5 | 163 | 157.18 | 704 | 20.8 | 291 | 201 | 39 | 542 | |
| 1898 | 35.836 | 1148 | 31.03 | 217 | 195.84 | 783 | 21.8 | 272 | 221 | 44 | 606 | 16.81 |
| 1899 | 39.523 | 1146 | 34.9 | 242 | 161.87 | 831 | 21.0 | 207 | 32 | 688 | 17.4 | |
| 1900 | 47,166 | 1606 | 168.1 | 983 | 20.8 | 268 | 42 | 757 | 16.0 | |||
| 1901 | 44.911 | 1640 | 36.5 | 271 | 139.0 | 787 | 15.2 | 233 | 70 | 674 | 150 | |
| 1902 | 50,388 | 1747 | 34.67 | 251 | 143.67 | 1006 | 19.9 | 270 | 161 | 901 | 17.88 | |
| 1903 | 53.39 | 1846 | 35.4 | 259 | 844 | 15.6 | 248 | 74 | 724 | |||
| Averages for years 1894.1903 | 1322 | 33.8 | 211 | 1596 | 782 | 19.8 | 256 | 41 | ||||
| 1904 | 53.358 (a) | 35.4 | 306 (c) | 161.8 | 1050 | 18.9 (D) | 93 | 15.8 | ||||
* Kates 1n columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of est1mated corrected
populat1on. (See Note D).
The deaths 1ncluded 1n column 7 of th1s table are the whole of those
reg1stered dur1ng the year as hav1ng actually occurred w1th1n the d1str1ct.
The deaths to be 1ncluded 1n column 12 are the number 1n column 7, corrected
by the subtract1on of the number 1n column 10 and the add1t1on of the number
1n column 11.
By the term "Non.res1dents" 1s meant persons b1ought 1nto the d1str1ct on
account of s1ckness or 1nf1rm1ty, and dy1ng 1n publ1c 1nst1tut1ons there ; and by
the term " Res1dents " 1s meant persons who have been taken out of the d1str1ct
on account of s1ckness or 1nf1rm1ty, and have d1ed 1n publ1c 1nst1tut1ons elsewhere.
Returns under th1s head are obta1ned by the Med1cal Off1cer by
arrangement w1th the Reg1strars of the London D1str1ct and of the d1str1cts of
Tottenham and Enf1eld.
Notes.—(a) The est1mated populat1on of the d1str1ct corrected by exclud1ng
non.res1dents 1n the two workhouses.
(6) B1rths reg1stered 1n the d1str1ct uncorrected for 1nst1tut1ons.
(c) Corrected for 1nst1tut1ons, and 1nclud1ng res1dents dy1ng outs1de
the d1strtct.
(d) Calculated on the gross populat1on (1nclus1veof 1nst1tut1ons) 55,322.
Area of D1str1ct 1n acres (exclus1ve of area covered by water) 3,890.
Total populat1on at all ages, exclud1ng Un1on Workhouses—44,911 | ,, „
Number of 1nhab1ted houses—7,807 At Census
Average number of persons per house—5.75. of 1901.
1.—1nst1tut1ons w1th1n the
D1str1ct rece1v1ng s1ck and 1nf1rm
persons from outs1de the
D1str1ct.
Edmonton Un1on
Workhouse 1nf1rmary.
Strand Un1on Workhouse
1nf1rmary.
11.—1nst1tut1ons outs1de the
D1str1ct rece1v1ng s1ck and 1nf1rm
persons from the D1str1ct,
Enf1eld Fever Hosp1tal.
South M1mms
Small Pox Hosp1tal.
111.—Other 1nst1tut1ons, the
deaths 1n wh1ch have been
d1str1buted among the several
local1t1es 1n the D1str1ct.
Tottenham Hosp1tal.