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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Lung. | Other Forms. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M. | F. | |
| Private Practitioners (A) | 82 | 58 | 7 | 12 |
| S.M.I. (B) | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Sanitoria (C and D) | 85 | 45 | — | — |
| Infirmary (A, C and D) | 51 | 44 | 7 | 2 |
| District Medical Officer | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Hospitals (A, C and D) | 21 | 29 | 15 | 10 |
| Other Institutions (A, C and D) | 1 | — | 7 | — |
| Dispensary | 1 | — | — | — |
| Voluntary | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 248 | 182 | 39 | 24 | |
| 430 | 63 | |||
Three Belgians were notified, all from the Edmonton Infirmary (not
included in the above figures).
No notifications have ever been received from the Tuberculosis Officer of
our area (No. 1).
Scholars.—Five children were notified by the School Medical Inspector
during the year, as suffering from tuberculosis, two from pulmonary tuberculosis
and the rest from other forms of tubercle.
LOCALITY OF TUBERCLE, OTHER THAN PULMONARY. [M.= Male; F. = Female.]
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meningitis [M. 11/12; 14/12; 8; F. 13/12; 8] | 3 | 2 | Mesenteric glands [M. 27/12 | 1 | — |
| Kidney [M. 34] | 1 | — | |||
| Neck Glands [M. 15, 16, 6, 8, 6, 8, 29, 7; F. 15, 16, 14, 1, 11, 6, 24, 6, 9, 23, 13, 37] | 8 | 12 | Glands of the groin [M. 11] | 1 | — |
| Hip [M. 38, 9, 6, 14; F. 4, 21] | 4 | 2 | |||
| Knee joint [M. 18, 8½, 9, 14 F. 4. 15] | 4 | 2 | |||
| Spine [M. 6, 22, 10, 5, 12; F. 6] | 5 | 1 | |||
| Elbow [M. 42] | 1 | — | Glands and skin [M. 14] | 1 | — |
| Breast [F. 27] | — | 1 | General [M. 5] | 1 | — |
| Peritoneum & Intestines [M. 1] | 1 | — | 34 | 23 | |
| Peritoneum [M. 9, 17/12, 2; F. 23, 12½] | 3 | 2 | |||
| Enteritis [F. 15] | — | 1 |