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

  • Edmonton (Alta.). Board of Health.
Date:
[1955]
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Credit: Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, 1955 - 1951 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 C D C D C E C D C D Diphtheria.. 4 3 1 ... 1 1 .... Dysentery.. . 1 Encephalitis . 1 ... 2 2 1 .... Food Poisoning . 3 4 .... Measles.. .1951 219 4088 1 484 3114 .... Paratyphoid . 1 .... .... 2 ... 1 . Poliomyelitis . 58 1 7 5 5 322 16 95 7 9 0 Rubella . . 149 132 2019 ... 397 180 .... Scarlet Fever and Streptococcal Sore Throat .... . 151 .... 210 1 651 1 1470 523 .... Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) . 133 8 125 7 112 13 139 9 91 13 Tuberculosis (Other Forms) . 22 5 21 2 25 ... 20 4 31 .... Typhoid Fever . 1 1 1 .... Whooping Cough .. . 300 181 269 ... 197 1 345 .... Venereal Disease: Gonorrhoea .. .1215 1160 1043 ... 1053 .... 757 .... Syphilis .. 92 2 48 ... 48 2 63 2 TOTALS . .4064 14 2222 18 8581 32 3915 25 5138 15 Morbidy per 1000 population— 19.4 11 3 62.9 23 1 33.0 C—Cases D—Deaths Deaths from Communicable Diseases were 14 or .97% of the 1,441 City deaths, during the year 1955. Of the 14 deaths 13 were due to Tuberculosis (all forms). One death was due to Acute Poliomyelitis. Venereal disease accounted for 1,291 or 32% of the communicable diseases reported in 1955. Measles accounted for 1951 or 48% of communi¬ cable diseases in 1955.