London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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| Transport Workers | 1250 | 58 |
| Commercial and Financial occupations | 879 | 239 |
| Builders, Bricklayers, etc. | 833 | 1 |
| Metal Workers | 642 | 65 |
| No. of persons aged 0-11 years | 3363 | 3429 |
| No. of persons aged 12 years and upwards | 10897 | 11796 |
Housing of Private Families in Romford Rural District
(Census, 1921).
Percentage of structurally separate dwellings
returned as private houses 94
Average No. of rooms per dwelling 5.30
Families per dwelling 1.05
Persons per family 4.30
Population living more than 2 persons
to a room 1690
Percentage of total private family
population living more than 2
persons to a room 5.9
Vital Statistics.
M. F. Total
Births: Legitimate 535 513 1048
Illegitimate 14 12 26
Birth rate per thousand population 20.4
Deaths: 213 204 417
Death rate per thousand population 7'9
No. of women dying in or in consequence of child birth :—
(a)—from Sepsis 3
(b)—from other causes 4
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate 69.6
Illegitimate 230.7
Total 73.5
Deaths from Measles (all agesl 2
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 8
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 14
In the following table which is supplied by the Registrar
General the deaths are classified according to cause and sex.