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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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Number493444937
Rate per 1,000 population8.85
Deaths from Puerperal Causes.Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths).
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis00.00
Other maternal causes00.00
00.00
Death rate of infants under one year of age.
M.F.Total.
Number332760
All infants per 1,000 live births35.58
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births35.03
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births50.84
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)177
„ „ Measles (all ages)4
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)2
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)8

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 fever.........
Scarlet fever.........
Whooping cough112
Diphtheria.........
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system242347
Other forms of tuberculosis426
Syphilitic diseases314
Influenza1...1
Measles134
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis1...1
Acute infective encephalitis...11
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M.) Uterus (F.)81018
Cancer of stomach and duodenum251439
Cancer of breast...2121
Cancer of all other sites693099
Diabetes123
Intra-cranial vascular lesions3864102
Heart disease121107228
Other diseases of the circulatory system191938
Bronchitis463076
Pneumonia133043
Other respiratory diseases10414
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum11112
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)358
Appendicitis224
Other digestive diseases5712
Nephritis11819
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis.........
Other maternal causes..........
Premature birth8614
Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infant diseases15924
Suicide7714
Road traffic accidents516
Other violent causes14822
All other causes272855
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