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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]
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The number of births registered during the year was
300, the birth-rate therefore being 28.5 per 1,000.
The following table shows the Birth-rate and Death-rate for the last six years.
| Romford. | Birth-Rate. | Death-Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 35.1 | 17.1 |
| 1894 | 32.3 | 14.3 |
| 1895 | 32.5 | 15.1 |
| 1896 | 35.8 | 12.3 |
| 1897 | 32.9 | 12.3 |
| 1898 | 28.5 | 15.2 |
Of the whole number of deaths, 9 were caused by
zymotic diseases, the death-rate from this class of disease,
which may be called preventable diseases, for the last four
years, being respectively, 14, 17, 0 9, and 0.8 per 1,000
of the population.
Seventy - four cases of infectious diseases were notified
during 1898, a number considerably less than in the previous
year, when 110 cases occurred. The improvement, however,
although satisfactory, ought not to be considered as
sufficient. A town of 10,500 inhabitants ought not to
have 74 cases of infectious disease, when there has been
no wave of epidemic disease (Scarlet Fever, for instance)
passing over it. There must be a Sanitary failing somewhere,
and I think it is to be found as suggested in a
subsequent part of this report.
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.