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Edmonton 1920

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Table: TABLE IV.—Infantile Mortality, 1920.Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under i year of age.

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TABLE IV.—Infantile Mortality, 1920.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under i year of age.

Causes of Death (I uncertified).	Classification.	Under i week.	1—2 weeks.	2—3 weeks.	3—4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under 12 months.	Total Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox	19c	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2
Scarlet Fever	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Diphtheria and Croup	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	18	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Tuberculous Meningitis	30	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2
Abdominal Tuberculosis	31	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Other Tuberculous Diseases	28-29b 32-5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Influenza	10	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Meningitis (not tuberculous)	61	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
Convulsions	71	1	2	..	..	3	..	2	1	..	6
Laryngitis	87	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	89—90	..	..	2	1	3	4	4	..	1	12
Pneumonia (all forms)	91—92	..	..	..	1	1	8	8	4	..	21
Diarrhœa	104	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	3
Enteritis	105	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gastritis	103	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	37	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Rickets	36	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffocation—overlaying	168	..	1	1	1	..	1	1	..	..	5
Injury at Birth	152C—153	3	..	..	..	3	..	1	..	..	4
Atelectasis	152b	3	..	1	..	4	..	..	..	..	4
Congenital malformations	150	2	3	..	..	1	2	..	1	..	8
Premature Birth	151a	21	2	4	5	32	2	1	..	..	35
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus	151b. c, d, e.	7	1	2	..	10	5	2	..	..	17
Other causes		..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	3
Totals		38	9	10	8	65	27	24	10	4	130

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Nett Births in the year legitimate, 1,866 illegitimate, 55.
Nett Deaths in the year. legitimate infants, 122 illegitimate infants, 8.
THE WOMEN INSPECTORS (HEALTH VISITORS).
I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by
them during 1920. The hulk of their work falls into four large divisions:—
1. The crusade against preventible infantile mortality.
2. The work done in factories, workshops, etc., where women and
girls are employed, and amongst home-workers of their own sex.

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Edmonton 1920

Table: TABLE IV.—Infantile Mortality, 1920.Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under i year of age.

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