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Edmonton 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: TABLE T(5)The corresponding figures at the end of 1957 were:-

TABLE T(5)

The corresponding figures at the end of 1957 were:-

MalesFemalesTotal
Pulmonary forms6655111,176
Non-pulmonary forms7197168
7366081,344

Table: TABLE T(6)Corresponding figures for previous years were:-

TABLE T(6)

Corresponding figures for previous years were:-

MalesFemalesTotal
19567226031,325
19557065991,305
19547016081,309
19536685981,266
19526355671,202
19515705361,106
19505194981,017
1949509468977
1948500452952
1947442405847
1946417375792
1945389332721
1944370319689
1943411355766
1942348304652
1941355293648
1940349313662
1939357301658
1938363297660
1937336260596
1936315252567
1935330265595

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It will be seen that in latter years there has been a steady increase
in the number on the register but that despite this increase in the possible
pool of infection, it has been possible to reduce slowly but steadily the number
of new cases each year.
POLIOMYELITIS
No cases were notified during the year. Like measles, poliomyelitis
tends in any one district or Borough to have waves of incidence about every two
years, i.e. alternate years. There were no cases notified in 1958, but that
does not mean that there will be no cases notified in Edmonton in the future
despite an effective campaign of immunisation against poliomyelitis.
PNEUMONIA
40 cases were notified during the year.
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