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Edmonton 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: The following table gives the number of births and deaths (registered) sub-divided into the four Wards of the Borough. It should be remembered that births are only those which occurred in Edmonton of residents; these are registered in Edmonton. Births which take place outside the Borough are not included; this fact accounts for the difference between these figures and those supplied by the Registrar-General. The deaths include those taking place outside the Borough, the information being given quarterly by the Registrar-General.

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The following table gives the number of births and deaths (registered) sub-divided into the four Wards of the Borough. It should be remembered that births are only those which occurred in Edmonton of residents; these are registered in Edmonton. Births which take place outside the Borough are not included; this fact accounts for the difference between these figures and those supplied by the Registrar-General. The deaths include those taking place outside the Borough, the information being given quarterly by the Registrar-General.

WARD	BIRTHS		DEATHS		INFANT DEATHS
WARD	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Bury Street	175	182	180	147	17	8
Church Street	106	119	100	114	10	3
Angel Road	149	96	116	91	7	12
Silver Street	170	163	162	128	16	4
Vagrants	—	—	-	-	-	-
	600	560	558	480	50	27

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LABORATORY FACILITIES.
This Department has been of groat assistance in School Medical
work, particularly the Open Air School by giving the Medical Department
first hand knowledge of what they are dealing with in the vast majority
of cases. The Maternity & Child Welfare Department, particularly the
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics, have profited very materially by the
information supplied to them, and I have no doubt that in future the
work of the Laboratory will prove a great factor in reducing Maternal
Mortality.
Many oases found in the Borough have also profited by the
immediate results obtained which assisted my Department as well as the
Medical Practitioners, who are making greater use of this service.
From a Public Health standpoint the immediate information obtained
from the examination of milk samples obtained in the Borough proved in
many instances gratifying and in the cases of samples which failed to
pass the proscribed tests, facilitated prompt action being taken.

Table: The following examinations were carried out in the Bacteriological Laboratory:-

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The following examinations were carried out in the Bacteriological Laboratory:-

				Negative	Total
Blood counts			_	_	103
Blood - Sedimentation Rate			—	-	4
Blood - Widal reaction			-	—	1
Ear swabs for presence of Organisms			—	-	3
Eye swabs for presence of ???			1	2	3
Eye swabs for presence of other organisms			—	-	11
Faeces for presence of Dysentery organisms			—	21	21
Faeces for presence of Ova			1	1	2
Faeces for presence of Tubercle Bacilli			-	1	1
Mouth swabs for presence of Vincent's Angina			2	-	2
Nasal swabs for presence of Haemolytic strep.			-	7	7
Pus for presence of Organisms			—	—	2
Scalp scrapings for presence of Ringworm			-	1	1
Sputa for presence of Tubercle Bacilli			7	31	36
Swabs for presence of K.L.B			140	1617	1757
	Positive	Negative
(a) From suspects	80	907
(b) From oontacts	37	639
(c) From old casos	23	71

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Table: The following examinations were carried out in the Bacteriological Laboratory:-