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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TABLE V.
Table showing the Number of Cases Notified and the Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases
for the Year 1904 and ten preceding years.
Disease. | 1904. | I903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | 1898 | 1897. | 1896. | 1895 | 1894. | ||||||||||||
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Pop. 53.358 | Pop, 52.139 | Pop. 50.388 | Pop 44.911 | Pop 47.166 | Pop. 39.523 | Pop. 35.836 | Pop. 33.804 | Pop. 31.888 | Pop. 30.080 | Pop. 28,419 | |||||||||||||
Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths, | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | ||
Notifiable. | Small Pox | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 701 | 120 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Scarlet fever | 181 | 3 | 119 | 2 | 179 | 6 | 156 | 6 | 136 | 4 | 167 | 4 | 124 | 2 | 148 | 5 | 269 | 4 | 162 | 4 | 100 | 3 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 46 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 42 | 8 | 43 | 10 | 39 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 91 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 12 | 52 | 23 | |
Erysipelas | 74 | 5 | .. | 2 | 66 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 44 | .. | 50 | 2 | 58 | .. | 41 | .. | 53 | .. | |
Enteric fever | .. | 8 | 28 | 6 | 86 | 14 | 65 | 5 | 67 | 6 | 43 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 5 | |
Simple Continued fever | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal fever | i | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | |
Non.notifiable. | Diarrhoea and Epidemic Enteritis | .. | 151 | .. | 61 | .. | 46 | .. | 71 | .. | 68 | .. | 126 | .. | 125 | .. | 73 | .. | 61 | .. | 39 | .. | 28 |
Enteritis | .. | 14 | .. | 8 | .. | 29 | .. | 39 | .. | 74 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | 28 | .. | 10 | .. | 19 | .. | 15 | .. | 7 | .. | 16 | .. | l6 | .. | 20 | .. | 36 | .. | 5 | .. | 11 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | 7 | .. | 19 | .. | 20 | .. | 3 | .. | 30 | .. | 2 | .. | 24 | .. | 9 | .. | 12 | .. | 8 | .. | 17 | |
Influenza | .. | 10 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | 6 | .. | 55 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Phthisis | .. | 71 | .. | 58 | .. | 45 | .. | 38 | .. | 64 | .. | 48 | .. | 38 | .. | 46 | .. | 47 | .. | 32 | .. | 30 |
1nfect1ous D1seases Not1f1cat1on Act has been 1n force s1nce March 1st, 1891.
Deaths 1n the Strand Un1on and amongst non.res1dents 1n the Edmonton Un1on are excluded from th1s table.
Deaths of Res1dents occur1ng outs1de the D1str1ct are 1ncluded.