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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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| BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES and CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1937. | England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. | ||||||||||||
| Rate per 1,000 Population. | DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
| All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Violence | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |||
| Live Births | Stillbirths | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 14.9 | 0.60 | 12.4 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 5.8 | 58 |
| 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 |
| London | 13.3 | 0.54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 12.0 | 60 |
| ROMFORD | 16.3 | 0.69 | 10.4 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.48 | 5.9 | 53 |
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follow
„ „ „ Romford are as follow:
Puerperal Sepsis Others Total
per 1,000 Live Births 0.97 2.26 3.23
„ ,, Total Births 0.94 2.17 3.11
,, ,, Live Births — 1.18 1.18
,, ,, Total Births — 1.13 1.13