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

  • Edmonton (Alta.). Board of Health.
Date:
[1945]
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Credit: Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMMUNICABLE DISEASE. 1941-1945 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 C D C D C D C D C D Actinomyces it;. 2 .... Chickenpox . .1389 1793 745 720 1039 Diphtheria . . 2 5 11 1 7 2 4 Diphtheria carriers . . 5 16 12 4 1 Dysenterv 2 Encephalitis Lethargica .. 1 3 Erysipelas . 19 17 18 17 31 Influenza 2 6 11 8 9 Measles . . 444 2420 1920 1 073 1631 Meningitis (mcningococcic) . . 4 3 2 9 2 n O 1 16 1 Mononucleosis (infectious) 1 Mumps . .1880 397 1070 2000 499 Paratyphoid Fever . 1 1 1 4 1 ^Pneumonia (lobar) 2 15 9 11 6 3 c- ( Poliomyelitis 5 7 15 Puerperal Septicaemia . . 1 1 Rubella ____ . 277 77 330 653 3266 Scarlet Fever . . 374 1010 1 513 2 512 198 Septic Sore Throat . . 7 4 8 24 23 Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) . _ 04 20 09 20 133 15 68 17 47 23 Tuberculosis (other forms) . . 2 2 6 4 5 6 7 3 3 Typhoid Fever . . 2 1 3 1 Undulant Fever 3 1 2 Vincent’s Angina . . 28 1 20 1 1 Whooping Cough . . . 237 222 2 850 2 350 1 160 Venereal Disease— G.C. Vaginitis . . 12 4 3 G.C. Ophthalmia . . 1 Gonorrhoea __ . 479 308 209 155 218 Syphilis ... . 108 5 74 6 38 7 74 5 79 8 Tvpe Undetermined 5 5341 53 0449 53 5908 57 5287 47 7248 54 Morbidity per 1,000 population .... . 47.0 00.3 50.0 54.5 78.3 C—Cases. D—Deaths. During- 1945 reportable disease was responsible for 53 or 6.1 of the 864 City deaths. Of the 51 adult deaths from communicable disease, 27 were due to all forms of Tuberculosis and 5 to Syphlis. Of the 5,341 cases of communicable disease—1,800 or 35.2% were due to Mumps, and 1,389 or 26.0% were due to Chickenpox. Scarlet Fever with 374 cases accounted for 7.2% of the communicable disease cases. 8 C/} 03 o o CO C* ^ S 72 V C 03 a) -C y o' S3U o o - ZJ o £ £ Q Ch q Pre-school cases—1-5 years. .. 1245 23.4 1 1.9 School Cases—6-14 years. .. 2734 51.3 1 1.9 Over 15 years. 1219 22.5 51 96.2 Age ncA stated . . 77 1.5 Armed Forces . 06 1.3 *—Incomplete Reporting.