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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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Death rate of infants under one year of age.
M. F. Total.
Number 29 29 58
All infants per 1,000 live births 36.52
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 37.82
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 12.34
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 171
,, ,, Measles (all ages) Nil.
Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil.
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4

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 :—

Cause of Death.M.F.Total
Typhoid and para-typhoid fevers.........
Cerebro-spinal fever12
Scarlet fever...11
Whooping cough.........
Diphtheria ............
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system282048
Other forms of tuberculosis246
Syphilitic diseases213
Influenza123
Measles.........
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis.........
Acute infective encephalitis1...1
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M.) Uterus (F.)81018
Cancer of stomach and duodenum14822
Cancer of breast...1717
Cancer of all other sites7143114
Diabetes246
Intra-cranial vascular lesions394382
Heart disease109112221
Other diseases of the circulatory system221436
Bronchitis ...513687
Pneumonia ...293160
Other respiratory diseases10616
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum13316
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)...44
Appendicitis123
Other digestive diseases141428
Nephritis13720
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis.........
Other maternal causes...11
Premature birth13821
Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infant diseases51116
Suicide426
Road traffic accidents...I1
Other violent causes171128
All other causes403878
510455965

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The two tables overleaf give the deaths of those registered during the
52 weeks ended 29th December, 1945.
The slight difference between the tables overleaf in respect of the causes
of death and the one supplied by the Registrar General is that the Registrar
General is in possession of additional information on the matter.
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