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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The following tables give the deaths of those registered during the 5 weeks ended 31st December, 1938, sub-divided as to age groups:¡ª
MALES.
| 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 vears | 65 & under 75 vears | 75 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Tuberculosis of the respiratory | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| system | .. | |||||||||||
| Other T. B. Diseases | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Heart Disease | ".¡ö) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | S | 4 | |||||
| Aneurysm | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | 4 | ||||
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | |||||
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | 4 | |||||||||
| Other Respiratory Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Peptic Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Appendicitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other Diseases of the Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Digestive Diseases | .. | |||||||||||
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility, etc. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Senility | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Suicide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Other Violence | .. | 8 | 3 | |||||||||
| Other Defined Diseases | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Totals |