[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton] page 26

Edmonton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: The following table gives the age incidence, etc., of those suffering from notifiable diseases, excluding tuberculosis, which is dealt with separately.

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The following table gives the age incidence, etc., of those suffering from notifiable diseases, excluding tuberculosis, which is dealt with separately.

Disease	Total No. of Cases	No. Removed to Hospital	Deaths	Under 1 year of age	1-2 years	2-3 years	3-4 years	4-5 years	5-10 years	10-15 years	15-20 years	20-35 years	35-45 years	45-65 years	65 and over
Scarlet Fever	293	262	2	..	8	16	21	21	161	30	...	15	3	5	..
Diphtheria	1	113	5	..	3	2	5	4	78	1	2	4	..	..	..
Enteric Fever	6	5	2	.	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	3	1	..	..
Puerperal Pyrexia	84	83	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	63	12	1	..
Pneumonia	79	39	59	7	7	3	..	3	11	6	4	..	9	9	5
Erysipelas	46	25	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	12	12	14	5
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	12	10	..	12	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute Polio-myelitis	7	7	..	..	1	..	..	..	5	1	..	..	..	..	..
Dysentery	14	5	..	..	..	..	2	3	1	1	..	1	2	1	1
Food Poisoning	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..

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Food Poisoning.
One case was reported during the year. A pork pie, purchased in a
neighbouring borough, was suspected to be the cause of the illness, but was
not confirmed. The patient made a full recovery.
Rheumatism.
The incidence of Rheumatism is still rather high, but it is early yet to
make any observations on the effects of the Rheumatic Clinic established
for our school children. It will be necessary to extend this service to the
pre-school group at the earliest possible moment. The outlook, however,
up to the present is good.
Pneumonia.
The number of cases of primary and influenzal pneumonia notified remains
about the same.
Infantile Diarrhoea.
The death-rate per 1,000 live births for London as a whole was 13T,
whilst that for Edmonton was 8 5 as compared with 12 0 and 75 respectively
last year.
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 includc puerperal pyrexia and ophthalmia neonatorum.
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Table: The following table gives the age incidence, etc., of those suffering from notifiable diseases, excluding tuberculosis, which is dealt with separately.

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