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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Edmonton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: The following causes of death are supplied by the Registrar-General and refer to deaths which were registered during the calendar year:—

The following causes of death are supplied by the Registrar-General and refer to deaths which were registered during the calendar year:—

Causes of Death.MFTotal
Typhoid and Para-typhoid FeversI12
Measles1..1
Scarlet FeverI12
Whooping Cough..11
Diphtheria235
Influenza..22
Encephalitis Lethargica..11
Cerebro-spinal Fever......
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System281543
Other Tuberculous Diseases4711
Syphilis2..2
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis325
Cancer, Malignant Disease6363126
Diabetes279
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.163450
Heart Disease123140253
Aneurysm..33
Other Circulatory Diseases272552
Bronchitis171229
Pneumonia (all forms)342559
Other Respiratory Diseases358
Peptic Ulcer9211
Diarrhoea, etc (under 2 yrs.)9514
Appendicitis628
Cirrhosis of Liver112
Other Diseases of Liver, etc...55
Other Digestive Diseases161329
Acute and Chronic Nephritis15722
Puerperal Sepsis..22
Other Puerperal Causes..11
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.241034
Senility268
Suicide8614
Other Violence342054
Other Defined Diseases393978
Causes Ill-defined or Unknown......
Special Causes (included in " Other Defined Diseases "): —
Smallpox......
Poliomyelitis......
Polio-Encephalitis......
Total Deaths490466956