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Edmonton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Infantile Diarrhoea.
The increased incidence of this disease had, unfortunately, a fatal
termination in a number of cases, and the resulting debility in those who
survived pointed out how serious the infection was. The death-rate per 1,000
live births for London as a whole was 11.2 whilst that for Edmonton was 13.6,
as compared with 12.6 and 0.6 respectively last year.
The following table gives the age incidence, etc., of those suffering from notifiable diseases, excluding tuberculosis, which is dealt with separately.
| Disease. | Number ot Cases. | No. Removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Under 1 yr. of age. | 1—2 yrs. | 2—3 yrs. | 3—4 yrs. | 4—5 yrs. | 5—10 yrs. | 10—15 yrs. | 15—20 yrs. | 20—35 yrs. | 35—45 yrs. | 45—65 yrs. | 65 and over. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 334 | 300 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 35 | 133 | 46 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 127 | 123 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 28 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 23 | 21 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 18 | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 25 | 2 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 61 | 27 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 36 | 14 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 10 | — | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentry | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Anthrax | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
It must be noted that the figures in the second column as being removed
to hospital includes those already under treatment at a hospital— for instance,
the North Middlesex County Hospital.
This remark applies more particularly to the infections associated with
parturition and include puerperal fever, puerperal pyrexia and ophthalmia
neonatorum.