Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta.

  • Edmonton (Alta.). Board of Health.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS Births 1948 Total births . 5,928 Resident births only . 3,938 Male . 2,121 Female . 1,817 Attended by Physician . 3,937 Attended by Nurse .. Unattended . 1 Double births . 42 Resident illegitimate births . 188 Born in institutions 3,934 or 99.8%; born elsewhere—4. 1947 6,019 3,838 2,008 1,830 3,834 1 3 39 145 Maternal Parentage: Canada.3,463 British Isles 290 Europe and Asia.. 114 U.S.A... Other countries . Age group of mothers— 15 to 19 years. or or 62 or 9 or 1948 or 87.9% 7.4% 3.0% 1.5% .2% 1947 3,095 or 84.4% or 13.2% 473 161 92 17 or or or 4.2% 2.3% .4% . 241 20 to 24 years.1,239 25 to 29 years.1,317 30 to 34 years. 745 Over 34 . 386 Stillbirths 1948 1947 Total stillbirths . 90 109 Resident only . 54 62 Male . 30 31 Female . 24 31 Born in institutions . 54 62 Born elsewhere . .... Cause of Foetal deaths: Dystocia . 13 23 Prematurity . 8 6 Toxaemia of pregnancy . 7 5 Malformation . 8 9 Placenta and membranes . 6 8 Other conditions . 11 10 Traumatism and overwork . 1 Syphilis . 1 .... Deaths 1948 1947 Total deaths . .. 1,609 1,482 Resident deaths onlv . .. 1,003 918 Male . .. 600 553 Female . .. 403 365 Racial Origin 1948 1947 Canada...... . 282 or 28.1% 279 or 30.4% British Isles. . 399 or 38.8% 355 or 38.6% Europe and Asia ....... . 197 or 19.7% 196 or 21.4% U.S.A... . 65 or 6.6% 40 or 4.4% Others... . 60 or 5.8% 48 or 5.2% INFANT MORTALITY 1948 1947 Total deaths under 1 year. .. 204 201 Resident deaths under 1 year of age... 126 123 Male .. . . 80 72 Female . 46 51 Infant mortality rate per 1,000 births. 31.9 32.0