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Edmonton 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

cause of death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month. |1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
AllCausesCertified1(°101 247424272215911316131111250
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox......11......................1
Measles..1....1....1......1....1..7
Scarlet fever..................................
, Diphtheria; Croup....................................
Whooping Cough..........1..41..22221116
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms..11..246744....821240
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..........1311..............6
Gastritis, Gasto- intestinal Catarrh....1..123....12..........9
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth28131334....................37
Congenital Defects5..1..6..1..1..............8
Injury at Birth2......2......................2
Want of Breast-Milk..........1....................1
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus12....3321..1........1..11
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis....1..1....1....1....1..15
Tuberculous Peritonitis
Tabes Mesenterica..........2..2..........11..6
Other Tuberculous Diseases............11......2..21..7
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..............1................1
Rickets............1....................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................1........2227
Convulsions5..1..61..11..............9
Bronchitis..1113..311..1..31....13
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..11..225..2243122126
Suffocation,overlaying................11............2
Other Causes7321133212••1..2..1126
Totals481012474242722159151316131111250