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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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(Classified by age and cause; excluding military.)
| Causes of Death. (One uncertified by Doctor or Coroner.) | Class. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Total deaths of "Non-residents" in institutions in the district. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Foreign | ||||
| M.A.B. | Infy. | Total. | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 6 | 10 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 12 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 9a | 10 | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
| Influenza | 10 | 58 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 12 | - | 20 | 20 |
| Dysentery | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Anthrax | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phthisis (Pulm. Tub.) | 28a b 29a | 59 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 4 | - | 25 | 25 |
| Tub. Meningitis | 30 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 29b | ||||||||||||
| 31—35 | 13 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 2v | ||||||||||||
| 39—45 | 65 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 34 | 19 | - | 46 | 46 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 47 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis | 61 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Org. Heart Disease | 79 | 77 | — | — | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 46 | - | 62 | 62 |
| Bronchitis | lv. | ||||||||||||
| 89—90b | 43 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 13 | 22 | - | 32 | 32 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | lv. | ||||||||||||
| 91—92 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 86—88 | ||||||||||||
| 93—98 | 14 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Diarrhœa & Enteritis | 104—5 | 11 | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | - | — | - | 1 | - | 7 | 7 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 108 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 113 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Alcoholism | 56 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 119—20 | 27 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | - | 20 | 20 |
| Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy | 134—6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 137 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ditto, Parturition | 138—141 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Infantile Diseases | 151—3 | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Diseases | 150 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 151a | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Violent Deaths— excluding Suicide | lv. | ||||||||||||
| 164—86 | 22 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Suicide | 155—63 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Other Defined Diseases. | lv. | ||||||||||||
| — | 143 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 75 | 5 | 147 | 152 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 187 - 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total | - | 701 | 84 | 21 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 88 | 160 | 208 | 6 | 396 | 402 |
Five deaths of non-residents, not in institutions of Edmonton, are not included in
this Table. Six vagrants are in Table marked "V."