[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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TABLE I SOCIAL STATISTICS

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TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS

		M.	F.	Total	Grand Total

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TABLE III COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

	Birth Rate Live Still	Death Rate	Infant Mortality Rate

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INFANT MORTALITY TABLE IV

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TABLE V MALES

Causes of Death	Weeks				Total in 1 month	Months				Total under 1 Yr.
	1	2	3	4	Total in 1 month	1-3	3-6	6-9	9-12	Total under 1 Yr.

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TABLE VI FEMALES

Causes of Death	Weeks				Total in 1 month	Months				Total under 1 Yr.
Causes of Death	1	2	3	4	Total in 1 month	1-3	3-6	6-9	9-12	Total under 1 Yr.

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ACCIDENTS The Home Accidents during the year were as follows

Date	Sex	Age	Probable Cause

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Home Accidents (Cont'd)

Date	Sex	Age	Probable Cause

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TABLE VII DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS

Causes of Death	All Ages	- to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 and Over

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TABLE VIII DEATHS BY SEX-GROUPS

Cause of Death	M	F	TOTAL

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TABLE IX MALES - DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS

Causes of Death	All Ages	- to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 and Over

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TABLE X FEMALES - DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS

Causes of Death	All Ages	- to 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 to 75	75 to 85	85 and Over

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TABLE XI ALL DEATHS BY WARDS

Ward	Deaths
Ward	Male	Female

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LABORATORY SERVICE The following specimens submitted from the Edmonton Health Services were examined by the Medical Research Council Laboratory (Edmonton), during the year as follows:-

Nature of Examination	Positive	Negative	Total

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TABLE A Action taken under the Housing and Public Health Acts

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TABLE B Defects Remedied

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TABLE C RENT ACT, 1957 The above Act came into force on 6th July, 1957, and set out below are details of the applications received during 1959:-

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The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption:-

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Samples of milk taken for bacteriological examination at the Public Health Laboratory.

Grade of Milk	Methylene Blue Test		Phosphatose Test
Grade of Milk	Passed	Failed	Passed	Failed

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Samples of ice-cream and milk type lollies were taken for bacteriological examination at the Public Health Laboratory as follows:-

	Provisional Grades
	1	2	3	4

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Samples procured in the Borough of Edmonton during the year 1959:-

Article	Total Samples Procured	Unsatisfactory

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SAMPLING OF SWIMMING BATH WATER

	Satisfactory	Not Satisfactory

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1. Inspections for the Purpose of Provisions as to Health

Premises	Number in Register	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted

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2. Defects found

Particulars	Number of Defects				Number of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	to H.M. Inspector	by H.M. Inspector

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3. Outwork - Sections 110 and 111

Nature of Work	No. of Outworkers in August list	No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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SUMMARY OF ANALYSES

1959	Rainfall in inches			DEPOSIT IN TONS PER SQUARE MILE
	Rainfall in inches			Insoluble Deposits			Ash			Soluble Deposits			Total Solids
	(a)	(b)	(c)	(a)	(b)	(c)	(a)	(b)	(c)	(a)	(b)	(c)	(a)	(b)	(c)

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June 1959 - December 1959

Month		Milligrams of Smoke per 100 cubic metres of air. Average daily value.		Parts of Sulphur dioxide per 100 m. parts of air. Average daily value.

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Prevalence of Rats and Mice:

	Type of Property			Total
	Local Authority	Dwelling Houses	All other including Business and Industrial	Total

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Tables T(l) and T(2) give details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuberculosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non-notified cases. TABLE T (1)

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
Age Periods	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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In addition, 29 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis previously notified in other areas, moved into Edmonton. TABLE T(2)

	MALES		FEMALES		TOTAL
	Respiratory	Non-Respiratory	Respiratory	Non-Respiratory	TOTAL

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Part of Body Affected	Males	Females

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TABLE (3) The number of cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at the end of 1959 was:-

	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE (4) The corresponding figures at the end of 1958 were:-

	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE (5) Corresponding figures for previous years were:-

	Males	Females	Total

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(A) Particulars of Outbreaks

Agent	Number of Outbreaks		Number of Cases		Total No. of Cases
Agent	Family Outbreaks	Other Outbreaks	Notified	Otherwise Ascertained	Total No. of Cases

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(B) Single Cases

Agent	Number of Cases		Total No. of Cases
Agent	Notified	Otherwise Ascertained	Total No. of Cases

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(C) Salmonella Infections, not Foodborne

Salmonella Type	Outbrfeaks		No. of Cases	Single Cases	Total No. of Cases. (Outbreaks and Single Cases)
Salmonella Type	Family	Other	(Outbreaks)	Single Cases	Total No. of Cases. (Outbreaks and Single Cases)

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Report on Individual Food Poisoning Outbreak (Summary of Details)

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Notification of the main Infectious Diseases are presented in tabular form below:-

Disease	Total No. of Cases	Number Removed to Hospital	Deaths	- to 1	1 to 2	2 to 3	3 to 4	4 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 65	65 and over

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The following table indicates the wards from which the various cases were notified:-

Disease	Bury Street Ward	Church Street Ward	Angel Road Ward	Silver Street Ward	North Middx. Hospt.	Other Institutions	Total

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IMMUNIZATION The Area Medical Officer for Area No.l Middlesex (Edmonton and Enfield) has kindly given me the following details of immunization against Diphtheria and Whooping Cough during 1959:-

Age	Children who completed a full course of primary immunization			Children given a reinforcing injection
Age	Diphtheria only	Diphtheria and Whooping Cough	Whooping Cough only	Diphtheria only	Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough	Whooping Cough only
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

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VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS TABLE I. EDMONTON - Number of persons vaccinated with two injections:

Year in which vaccinated	CATEGORY				Totals
Year in which vaccinated	Children born in years 1943 to 1960	Young persons born in years 1933 to 1942	Persons born before 1933 who have not passed their 40th birthday	Others	Totals

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Edmonton 1959

44 tables in this report

TABLE I SOCIAL STATISTICS

TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS

TABLE III COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

INFANT MORTALITY TABLE IV

TABLE V MALES

TABLE VI FEMALES

ACCIDENTS The Home Accidents during the year were as follows

Home Accidents (Cont'd)

TABLE VII DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS

TABLE VIII DEATHS BY SEX-GROUPS

TABLE IX MALES - DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS

TABLE X FEMALES - DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS

TABLE XI ALL DEATHS BY WARDS

LABORATORY SERVICE The following specimens submitted from the Edmonton Health Services were examined by the Medical Research Council Laboratory (Edmonton), during the year as follows:-

TABLE A Action taken under the Housing and Public Health Acts

TABLE B Defects Remedied

TABLE C RENT ACT, 1957 The above Act came into force on 6th July, 1957, and set out below are details of the applications received during 1959:-

The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption:-

Samples of milk taken for bacteriological examination at the Public Health Laboratory.

Samples of ice-cream and milk type lollies were taken for bacteriological examination at the Public Health Laboratory as follows:-

Samples procured in the Borough of Edmonton during the year 1959:-

SAMPLING OF SWIMMING BATH WATER

1. Inspections for the Purpose of Provisions as to Health

2. Defects found

3. Outwork - Sections 110 and 111

SUMMARY OF ANALYSES

June 1959 - December 1959

Prevalence of Rats and Mice:

Tables T(l) and T(2) give details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuberculosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non-notified cases. TABLE T (1)

In addition, 29 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis previously notified in other areas, moved into Edmonton. TABLE T(2)

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TABLE (3) The number of cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at the end of 1959 was:-

TABLE (4) The corresponding figures at the end of 1958 were:-

TABLE (5) Corresponding figures for previous years were:-

(A) Particulars of Outbreaks

(B) Single Cases

(C) Salmonella Infections, not Foodborne

Report on Individual Food Poisoning Outbreak (Summary of Details)

Notification of the main Infectious Diseases are presented in tabular form below:-

The following table indicates the wards from which the various cases were notified:-

IMMUNIZATION The Area Medical Officer for Area No.l Middlesex (Edmonton and Enfield) has kindly given me the following details of immunization against Diphtheria and Whooping Cough during 1959:-

VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS TABLE I. EDMONTON - Number of persons vaccinated with two injections:

TABLE II. EDMONTON - Number of persons vaccinated with third injection:

Also during the year, the following medical examinations or assessments were made prior to appointment to permanent posts