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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

Romford 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

Published
1899
Pages
10
Tables
5

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5 tables in this report

  • Page 2
    The following table shows the Birth-rate and Death-rate for the last six years.
    Romford.Birth-Rate.Death-Rate
  • Page 3
    The following table shows the causes of death, arranged in alphabetical order. There were registered during the year deaths of 8 persons who had exceeded the age of 80 years, whilst 2 persons died at the age of over 90; 53 children died under the age of one year.
  • Page 4
    During the year, 74 cases of infectious disease were notified, the different diseases occurring as tabled below.
  • Page 8 9
    TABLE (A). TABLE (A). Table of Deaths during the Year 1898, in the Romford Urban Sanitary District classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under flve years of age
    At all AgesUnder 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and DysenteryRheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal)
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.
  • Page 10 11
    TABLE (B). V TABLE (B). Table of Population, Births, and of N ew Cases of Infectious S ickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Romford Urban Sanitary District; classified according to D iseases , Age s, and L ocalities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Census. LastEstimated to middle of 1897.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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