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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TABLE III
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
| Birth Rate | Death Rate | Infant Mortality Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live | Still | |||
| England and Wales | 16.4 | 21.6 | 11.7 | 22.5 |
| Middlesex | 14.5 | 16.3 | 10.3 | 18.9 |
| Edmonton (Crude) | 12.96 | 15.2 | 9.94 | 17.01 |
| Edmonton (Corrected) | 12.83 | - | 11.23 | 17.01 |
INFANT MORTALITY
TABLE IV
| Infantile Mortality | |
| (Legitimate) | 17.78 |
| (Illegitimate) | - |
| Total | 17.01 |
| Neo-natal Mortality | 12.96 |
| Peri-natal Mortality | 25.90 |
Number of children who died was 21; all legitimately born, 13 being
males and 8 females. 16 of the deaths were in the first month of life, giving
a neo-natal mortality of 12.96. The peri-natal mortality is the number of
deaths and still births per thousand live still births. The causes and ages
of death within certain limits are set out in Tables 5 and 6.
TABLE V
MALES
| Causes of Death | Weeks | Total in 1 month | Months | Total under 1 Yr. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | |||
| Pneumonia | — | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Congenital malformations | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Totals: | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 13 |
TABLE VI
FEMALES
| Causes of Death | Weeks | Total in 1 month | Months | Total under 1 Yr. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 3-9 | 9-12 | |||
| Pneumonia | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | — | - | - | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 3 | - | — | - | 3 | — | — | — | - | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 | - | - | — | 2 | - | — | — | — | 2 |
| Totals: | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
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