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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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The two following tables give the deaths of those registered during the
53 weeks ended 1st January, 1949.
The slight difference between the following tables 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.

Table: MALES.

MALES.

Causes of DeathALL AGES— to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 and over
Whooping Cough11..............................
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System25.........1443103......
Other forms of Tuberculosis3......21.....................
Syphilitic Diseases3.....................1...11
Influenza1...1...........................
Measles1.................................
Acute Poliomyelitis1............1..................
Cancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus8.....................1151
Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum24..................24693
Cancer of all other sites70...............2212191817
Diabetes1........................1......
Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions38...............21211319
Heart Disease121...............268184344
Other Circulatory Diseases19.....................2278
Bronchitis46.........1......21111912
Pneumonia143..................1325
Other Respiratory Diseases10..................31222
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum11...............113312
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)33..............................
Appendicitis2............1.........1......
Other Digestive Diseases5..................1112...
Nephritis11............1...12223
Premature Birth88..............................
Cong. mal., birth injuries, infant dis.1514...1........................
Suicide7...............1...3...3...
Road Traffic Accidents5......121......1.........
Other violence12.........1...22...133
All other causes282......15214265
Totals493321471316255777136125