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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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SECTION III.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1921.
The following table gives the number of notifications of infectious disease, the number removed to hospital, the deaths and the age at death from these diseases:—
| Disease. | Total No. of Cases. | Under 1 year | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 3 years | 3 to 4 years | 4 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | 10 to 15 years | 15 to 20 years | 20 to 35 years | 35 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 and over | No. of cases Removed to Hosptl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 404 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 204 | 75 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 379 |
| Deaths | 32 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| Scarlet Fever— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 424 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 207 | 109 | 30 | 16 | 2 | — | — | 418 |
| Deaths | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Enteric Fever— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| Deaths | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Deaths | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 38 | 1 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — |
| Deaths | 39 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | — |
| Erysipelas— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 40 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | — |
| Deaths | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deaths | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Deaths | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Malaria— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Deaths | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Deaths | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatoriuin— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deaths | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery— | ||||||||||||||
| Cases | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Deaths | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Four cases of encephalitis lethargica (or sleepy sickness) were notified
this year; of these, two cases recovered. The other two deaths were furnished
by a case notified in 1920 and a case dying in a London Institution and not
notified.