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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 1949

[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
52 weeks ended 31st December, 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 AGESto 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 and over
Acute Infective Encephaltis2..................1......1...
Whooping Cough11..............................
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System39............4855116...
Other forms of Tuberculosis5.........22............1...
Syphilitic Diseases2.....................1...1...
Influenza1...........................1...
Measles....................................
Acute Poliomyelitis1............1..................
Cancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus1..............................1
Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum21..................33483
Cancer of all other sites99.........111417223419
Diabetes....................................
Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions49............1215101416
Heart Disease141............12111303066
Other Circulatory Diseases30..................2511210
Bronchitis47............1...1381816
Pneumonia282.....................6812
Other Respiratory Diseases10.....................226...
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum12.....................264...
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)....................................
Appendicitis....................................
Other Digestive Diseases8............1......l222
Nephritis12.........1...1......64...
Premature Birth33..............................
Cong. mal., birth injuries, infant dis.1817............1...............
Suicide6..................21...3...
Road Traffic Accidents3.........l...1...1.........
Other violence141......l...122232
All other causes31.........23...l25......
Totals58424......815172361115162159