Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) | 3,896 |
Population— | |
Census of 1921 | 66,809 |
Census of 1931 | 77,652 |
Estimated by the Registrar-General for mid-year 1950 | 105,500 |
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1959 | 28,485 |
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 1949 | 28,333 |
Rateable value, April, 1950 | £744,820 |
Estimated product of 1d. in the £ for the year ending March 31st, 1951 | £3,000 |
Rates in the £ for the year ending March 31st, 1951 | 18s. l0d. |
VITAL STATISTICS.
Live Births. | M. | F. | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||
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Legitimate | 719 | 649 | 1,368 | |||||
Illegitimate | 35 | 30 | 65 | 1,433 | ||||
Birth-rate per 1,000 of population | 13.58 | |||||||
Stillbirths. | ||||||||
Legitimate | 19 | 10 | 29 | |||||
Illegitimate | 0 | 5 | 5 | 34 | ||||
Total of live and stillbirths | 1,467 | |||||||
Rate per 1,000 total births | 23.17 | |||||||
Deaths. | ||||||||
Number | 503 | 488 | 991 | |||||
Rate per 1,000 population | 9.39 | |||||||
Maternal Mortality | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths). | ||||||
Toxaemias of Pregnancy | 2 | 1.36 | ||||||
Complication of Pregnancy and Delivery | 1 | 0.68 | ||||||
3 | 2.04 |
Death rate of infants under one year of age.
M. | F. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 22 | 13 | 35 | |
All infants per 1,000 live births | 24.42 | |||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 24.85 | |||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 15.38 | |||
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 193 | |||
„ „ Measles (all ages) | 0 | |||
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 0 | |||
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 |