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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE X MALES - DEATHS BY AGE-GROUPS
| Cause 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective & parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | - |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 49 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diabetes | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 118 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 18 | 44 | 33 | 14 | 6 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Other heart diseases | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 8 |
| Other circulatory disease | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Influenza | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 51 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 7 |
| Other disease of respiratory system | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| Tregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 29 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - |
| All other accidents | 7 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Suicide | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 503 | 20 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 120 | 139 | 109 | 43 |
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