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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 2.
| Rate Per 1,000 Population | DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | o Stillbirths | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 15.1 | 0.60 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.5 | 51 |
| London | 13.4 | 0.48 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 |
| Romford | 18.4 | 0.59 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 8.0 | 54 |
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follow:
„ „ „ Romford are as follow:
Puerperal Sepsis Others Total
per 1,000 Live Births 0.89 2.19 3.08
„ ,, Total Births 0.86 2.11 2.97
„ ,, Live Births — 1.99 1.99
„ „ Total Births — 1.93 1.93