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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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Table: FEMALES.

FEMALES.

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 Cough1...1...........................
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System23.........1976............
Other forms of Tuberculosis2.........2.....................
Syphilitic Diseases1........................1......
Measles311...1.....................
Acute Infective Encephalitis1...............1...............
Cancer of Uterus10.....................244...
Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum16........................376
Cancer of Breast21..................56361
Cancer of all other sites30..................43779
Diabetes2........................11...
Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions64.....................6112126
Heart Disease107..................3563459
Other Circulatory Diseases19...........................514
Bronchitis30.....................22421
Pneumonia3051............214512
Other Respiratory Diseases4.....................1......3
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum1...........................1...
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)541...........................
Appendicitis2.....................2.........
Other Digestive Diseases7.....................1...33
Nephritis8.....................1...23
Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis....................................
Other Maternal Causes....................................
Premature Birth66..............................
Cong. mal., birth injuries, inf. dis.981...........................
Suicide7..................21121
Road traffic accidents1..............................1
Other violence8........................224
All other causes26211...22...1269
Totals444266161210223247110172