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.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 1(° | 10 | 1 2 | 4 | 74 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 250 | |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Measles | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | |
| Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| , Diphtheria; Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
| Gastritis, Gasto- intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 |
| Congenital Defects | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Want of Breast-Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Convulsions | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | |
| Suffocation,overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Other Causes | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | •• | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 26 | |
| Totals | 48 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 74 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 250 | |