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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 10 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of the respiratory | 29 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
system | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other T. B. Diseases | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
General Paralysis of the Insane | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
Diabetes | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
Heart Disease | 120 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 59 |
Aneurysm | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 15 |
Bronchitis | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 12 |
Pneumonia | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 |
Peptic Ulcer | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea,etc.(under 2 yearsof age) | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Appendicitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||||
Other Diseases of the Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Other Digestive Diseases | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 14 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Puerperal Sepsis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Puerperal Causes | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Debility | 17 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Senility | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 |
Suicide | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. |
Other Violence | 12 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
Other Defined Diseases | 29 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 459 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 49 | 82 | 160 |
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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