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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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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 | |||
| Gastro-Enteritis | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Premature Birth | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Congenital Malformations | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| TOTALS : | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 15 |
TABLE VI
FEMALES
| 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 | |||
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hydrops Foetalis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| TOTALS: | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 17 |
Tables V and VI give the causes of death in detail. Only those deaths listed
from congenital malformation were regarded as completely unavoidable. The other
conditions which led to death might possibly have been alleviated or prevented had
circumstances been different.