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Edmonton 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table showing ages at death of the fatal cases and the ages of the first casesin those families in which the deaths occurred, together with the school attendance history of each :—

Name.Age and Sex.School.Age and sex of first case in House.School.
T.V.M., 13 monthsnoneThis childnone
C.Q.F., 1½ yearsnoneF., 6 yearsRaynham Infants
G.I.M., 1½ yearsnoneM., 7 yearsNational Infants
N.C.F., 11 monthsnoneF., 4 yearsMontagu Infants
B.X.M., 3 yearsMontagu InfantsThis childMontagu Infants
U.x.M., 2 yearsnoneM., 4 yearsMontagu Infants
K.C.F., 5 yearsnoneF., 4 yearsMontagu Infants
N.T.F., 2 yearsnoneF., 2 yearsNone
J.H.F., 1¾ yearsnoneM., 4 yearsMontagu Infants
I.C.F., 1¾ yearsnoneF., 4½ yearsMontagu Infants
I.S.M., 1¼ yearsnoneF., 4½yearsMontagu Infants
M.N.M., 11 monthsnoneM., 6 yearsMontagu Infants
B.E.F., 4¾yearsMontagu InfantsThis childMontagu Infants
G.Q.F., 2 yearsnoneM., 5 yearsNational Infants
K.G.M., 1 yearnoneF., 5 yearsNational Infants
J.G.F., 1¾ yearsnoneM., yearsnone
I.E.M., 1¾ yearsnoneM., 5 yearsNational Infants
D.H.F., 12 daysnoneM., 5 yearsnone
K.N.M., 3½ monthsnoneM., 4 yearsMontagu Infants
P.G.M., 1¼ yearsnoneF., 5 yearsNational Infants
X.B.M., 2 yearsnoneF., 6 yearsNational Infants
X.K.M., 11 monthsnoneF., 4 yearsEldon Rd.Infants
B.N.F., 2 yearsnoneThis childnone
D.S.M., 2 yearsnoneThis childnone
I.S.M., 7 monthsnoneM., 2 yearsnone
F.G.F., 2 yearsnoneM., 3½ yearsNational Infants
W.Q.F., 1½ yearsnoneF., 4½ yearsEldon Rd.Infants

It will be seen from the above table that 20 out of the 27 fatal
cases, or over 74 per cent of the deaths, owed their infection to
children who were attending infant schools when they themselves
developed the disease. Out of these 20 deaths no less than 12. or
44 per cent of the total measles' deaths, were infected by children
attending school who were under school age. In none of the fatal
cases was the infection imported into the house by a scholar attend-