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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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Notification of the main Infectious Diseases are presented in tabular form below:
TABLE A
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 50 | 13 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 27 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Measles | 1,773 | - | 58 | 167 | 235 | 272 | 785 | - | - | - | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 24 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | 54 | 55 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 142 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 24 | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | |||
| Food Poisoning | 24 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - | |||
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dysentery Meningococcal | 31 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | |||||
| Infection | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid 'B' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
The following table indicates the wards from which the various cases were
notified:
TABLE B
| Disease | Bury Street Ward | Church Street Ward | Angel Road Wa rd | Silver Street Ward | North Middx. Hospital | Other Institutions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | - | - | 50 |
| Measles | 643 | 323 | 312 | 495 | - | - | 1,773 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 24 |
| Pneumonia | 21 | 12 | 8 | 13 | - | - | 54 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | - | 3 | 4 | 130 | - | 142 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | - | - | 24 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 12 | - | 13 | - | - | 31 |
| Paratyphoid 'B' | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
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