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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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Table: FEMALES.

FEMALES.

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
Influenza2.....................1...1...
Whooping Cough....................................
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System24............9922...2...
Other forms of Tuberculosis2...1..................1......
Syphilitic Diseases31...........................2
Measles....................................
Acute Poliomyelitis2............11...............
Cancer of Uterus11.....................1442
Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum8..................1...313
Cancer of Breast16..................35323
Cancer of all other sites54.........1...2111131610
Diabetes3........................12...
Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions60.....................342528
Heart Disease147............1...32104289
Other Circulatory Diseases15.....................1149
Bronchitis31.....................34618
Pneumonia192............111329
Other Respiratory Diseases6........................312
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum8........................233
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)....................................
Appendicitis1.....................1.........
Other Digestive Diseases9.....................1215
Nephritis11..................12233
Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis....................................
Other Maternal Causes3..................3............
Premature Birth44..............................
Cong. mal., birth injuries, inf. dis.87...1........................
Suicide3..................1......11
Road traffic accidents3......1...............11...
Other violence9.........1.........1124
All other causes25...............3...36310
Totals487141221116163864122201