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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics or Whole District during 1909 and Previous Years.
ROMFORD URBAN DISTRICT.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at al ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 yr. of age | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births | registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 1900. | 11,500 | 398 | 28.7 | 42 | 105 | 226 | 16.5 | 66 | 53 | 0 | 171 | 12.6 |
| 1901. | 13,650 | 395 | 28.9 | 58 | 113 | 232 | 16 9 | 96 | 80 | 10 | 152 | 11.1 |
| 1902. | 14,000 | 414 | 29.5 | 42 | 101 | 251 | 17. 9 | 85 | 79 | 4 | 172 | 12.2 |
| 1903. | 14,400 | 424 | 29.4 | 42 | 99 | 241 | 16.7 | 99 | 73 | 1 | 168 | 11.6 |
| 1904. | 14,700 | 418 | 28.4 | 49 | 117 | 203 | 13.8 | 104 | 79 | 4 | 148 | 1006 |
| 1905. | 15,000 | 412 | 261 | 53 | 128 | 296 | 19.7 | 114 | 91 | 1 | 187 | 12.4 |
| 1906. | 15,500 | 371 | 229 | 53 | 142 | 305 | 20.8 | 98 | 82 | 2 | 226 | 13.2 |
| 1907. | 50,780 | 467 | 29.6 | 42 | 89 | 266 | 16.8 | 104 | 90 | 0 | 176 | 11.1 |
| 1908. | 16,300 | 418 | 25.*9 | 38 | 10 | 285 | 175 | 140 | 108 | 11 | 188 | 11.5 |
| Averages for years 1 899-1908 | ||||||||||||
| 1909. | 16,600 | 418 | 25.1 | 35 | 78 | 291 | 17.8 | 139 | 111 | 6 | 186 | 10.3 |
* Rates in columns 4, 8, and 13. calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 5,629.
Total population at all ages, 13,656
Number of inhabited houses, 2805
Average number of persons per house, 4.8
At Census of 1901.