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 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
Other T. B. Diseases | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
General Paralysis of the Insane | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Cancer | 63 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 11 |
Diabetes | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
Heart Disease | 142 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 40 | b2 |
Aneurysm | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | I |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 7 | 10 |
Bronchitis | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 |
Pneumonia | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Peptic Ulcer | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea,etc. (under 2 years of age) | .5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Appendicitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Other Diseases of the Liver | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. |
Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Debility | 11 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Senility | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
Suicide | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 |
Other Violence | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Other Defined Diseases | 35 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 465 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 39 | 86 | 98 | 134 |
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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