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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 1945

[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
Scarlet Fever1......1........................
Whooping Cough....................................
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System22............64633......
Other forms of Tuberculosis ...2.........1............1......
Syphilitic Diseases1.....................1.........
Influenza211...........................
Measles....................................
Cancer of Uterus10.....................33...4
Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum9.....................1125
Cancer of Breast17..................35441
Cancer of all other sites43............11255209
Diabetes4...........................31
Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions45..................1651617
Heart Disease ...112............1138102861
Other Circulatory Diseases ...13..........................94
Bronchitis371...............1...21122
Pneumonia3141...11...312612
Other Respiratory Diseases ...5..................1211
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum3..................1......2...
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)43I...........................
Appendicitis2.........1............1......
Other Digestive Diseases13...............11...155
Nephritis7.....................2122
Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis....................................
Other Maternal Causes1............l..................
Premature Birth88..............................
Cong, mal., birth injuries, inf. dis.99..............................
Suicide2...............l1............
Road traffic accidents1...........................1...
Other violence111...............21331
All other causes37l1...113518412
Totals45228414l111303951116157