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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: FEMALES.

FEMALES.

Causes of deathALL AGESto 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 and over
Whooping Cough211...........................
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System26............66642...2
Other forms of Tuberculosis5......112.........1......
Syphilitic Diseases2........................1...1
Influenza2........................1...1
Measles1.................................
Cancer of Uterus7..................11131
Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum15..................11463
Cancer of Breast14............11...543...
Cancer of all other sites51............1128131115
Diabetes12.....................3...54
Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions39.....................331419
Heart Disease111...............445102563
Other Circulatory Diseases15........................2310
Bronchitis27...........................1214
Pneumonia24611......1......357
Other Respiratory Diseases5...............l.........31
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum4..................1...111
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)11..............................
Appendicitis1..................1............
Other Digestive Diseases17.........21232...25
Nephritis8...............12...212
Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis....................................
Other Maternal Causes2...............1...1.........
Premature Birth55..............................
Cong, mal., birth injuries, inf. dis.77..............................
Suicide3..................11......1
Road traffic accidents....................................
Other violence252......23332...37
All other causes48...11...35155819
Totals479224351726264253105176