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

  • Edmonton (Alta.). Board of Health.
Date:
[1950]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report / Board of Health, City of Edmonton, Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ISOLATION HOSPITAL Eight hundred and twelve patients were admitted to the Isolation Hospital during the year 1950. There were 48 outpatients and 17 patients died. The admissions to the hospital were Scarlet Fever . 371 Diphtheria . 6 Diphtheria carriers . 2 Poliomyelitis . 65 Meningitis (meningococcic) .... 2 Meningitis (tuberculosis) . 5 Tuberculosis . 24 Typhoid Fever . 1 Typhoid carrier 1 Paratyphoid . 4 Encephalitis . 6 The deaths included: Scarlet Fever . 3 Measles . 2 Diphtheria . 1 for the following causes: Erysipelas . 17 Measles . 29 Rubella . 50 Whooping Cough . 7 Chickenpox . 12 Mumps . 89 Septic sore throat . 14 Vincent’s Angina . 6 Ringworm . 11 Others . 90 Poliomyelitis . 3 Tuberculosis (meningitis) . 4 Others . 4 SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICES Public School Board Complete examinations . 7947 Number reported with defects 3447 Number reported without defects . 7331 Parents present at examinations . 4850 Home visits by nurses . 609 Talks to classes . 370 R.C. Separata School Board 530 114 416 288 97 TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL Kinsmen's Club Service Visits to T.B. cases Not seen, moved, etc. Examinations: Total X-rays Mobile X-ray clinic 1950 1949 1948 2007 1986 2585 693 610 709 125 123 125 1063 1102 1596 126 107 115 44 40 Division 131 91 61 220 164 123 552 569 339 350 741 640 4251 3891 3210 3698 3169 3420 1987 1670 1703 850 516 585 61699