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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

Area (in acres)3,896
Population—
Census of 192166,809
Census of 193177,652
Estimated by the Registrar-General for mid-year 1950105,500
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 195928,485
Number of inhabited houses and tenements at the end of 194928,333
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, 195118s. l0d.

Table: VITAL STATISTICS.

VITAL STATISTICS.

Live Births.M.F.Total.Grand Total.
Legitimate7196491,368
Illegitimate3530651,433
Birth-rate per 1,000 of population13.58
Stillbirths.
Legitimate191029
Illegitimate05534
Total of live and stillbirths1,467
Rate per 1,000 total births23.17
Deaths.
Number503488991
Rate per 1,000 population9.39
Maternal MortalityDeaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and stillbirths).
Toxaemias of Pregnancy21.36
Complication of Pregnancy and Delivery10.68
32.04

Table: Death rate of infants under one year of age.

Death rate of infants under one year of age.

M.F.Total.
Number221335
All infants per 1,000 live births24.42
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births24.85
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births15.38
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)193
„ „ Measles (all ages)0
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)0
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)1