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Edmonton 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Disinfection of room, or bedding, etc., or both, was carried out as a routine
preventive measure after removal of the patient or death, and during the year
124 disinfections were carried out.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary and the arrangements for Sanatorium
treatment are given under Section 5.
Details of Ophthalmia Neonatorum are given in the subjoined table:—
| Cases: | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Treated— | ||||
| At Home | At Hospital | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following figures have been taken from the monthly reports of the
School Nurse, whose duty it was to "follow up" these diseases and, of course,
only refer to children of school ages:—
Children excluded for Measles 35
,, ,, ,, Whooping Cough 90
,, ,, ,, Chicken Pox 203
,, ,, ,, Mumps 429
The incidence of the latter complaint was very heavy during the first six
months of the year and then abated. As mentioned previously, there were no
deaths from Measles.
SECTION IV.
CAUSES OF SICKNESS.
In the opinion of the local medical men with whom I have conversed on
the subject, there appears to have been less sickness during the year than usual,
and there appears to have been no special form of complaint attracting attention.