Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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FEMALES.
Causes of Death | ALL AGES | Under 1 year | 1 & under 2 years | 2 & under 5 years | 5 & under 15 years | 15 & under 25 years | 25 & under 35 years | 35 & under 45 years | | 45 & under 55 years | 55 & under 65 years | | 65 & under 75 years | 75 and over |
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Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Other T. B. Diseases | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
General Paralysis of the Insane | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | 65 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 16 |
Diabetes | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
Heart Disease | 121 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 60 |
Aneurysm | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
Bronchitis | 18 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 11 |
Pneumonia | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Peptic Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea,etc. (under 2 years of age) | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Appendicitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases of the Liver | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Puerperal Causes | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Debility | 11 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Senility | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
Suicide | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Other Violence | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. |
Other Defined Diseases | 33 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 462 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 72 | 91 | 138 |
There is a slight difference in respect of the causes of death between
these last two tables and the one supplied by the Registrar-General, who is
probably in possession of additional information on the matter.
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