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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 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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19
February it was left to the Chairman of the Council and Chairman of the
Sanitary Committee to call a meeting after the issue, in April, of the first
Annual Report of the Voluntary School for Mothers and Infant Welfare.
No meeting was held.

Table: TABLE IV.Infant Mortality (excluding 3 Belgians), 1918.Nett deaths from stated causes at various Ages under one Year of Age.

TABLE IV.

Infant Mortality (excluding 3 Belgians), 1918.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various Ages under one Year of Age.

Cause of Death,Classification.Under 1 week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total deaths under 1 year.
None Uncertified
'Small-pox5..............................
Chicken-pox19c..............................
Measles6.....................123
Scarlet Fever7..............................
Whooping Cough8..................1337
Diphtheria and Croup9a..............................
Erysipelas18..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis30..................2125
Abdominal Tuberculosis31..................1214
Other Tuberculous Diseases29b...............11...13
32—35
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)61..............................
Convulsions71..................1......1
Laryngitis87..............................
Bronchitis89—90b1...1...4241213
Pneumonia (all forms)91—92...............484319
Diarrhoea or Enteritis104—105......1...16124326
Gastritis103a.....................1...1
Syphilis37..............................
Rickets36a..............................
Suffocation, overlying168..................1......1
Injury at Birth152C21......3............3
153
Atelectasis152b511...7............7
Congenital Malformations150112...4...1......5
| Premature Birth151a1031...142.........16
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus151b34......7103......20
C, d, e.
Other Causes...11...2...4118
Totals2211724225391818142

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Nett births during 1916—1,633 legitimate, 1,590 ; illegitimate, 43.
Nett infantile deaths during 1916—142 ,, 133 ; ,, 9.