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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE I. BIRTH-RATES,DEATH-RATES,ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, England and Wales,London, 126 Great Town and MATERNAL MORTALITY and CASE-RATES for certain 148 Smaller Towns. Infectious Diseases in the year 1945.
| 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 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |||
| Live Births | Still-births | |||||||||||
| England and Wales | 16.1 | 0.46 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 5.6 | 46 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 19.1 | 0.58 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 7.8 | 54 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 19.2 | 0.53 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 4.5 | 43 |
| London | 15.7 | 0.40 | 13.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 7.6 | 53 |
| ROMFORD | 19.6 | 0.53 | 10.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 5.3 | 40 |
Puerperal Sepsis Others Total
The Maternal Mortality Bates for England and Wales are as follow: Per 1,000 Total Live Births 0.49 1.30 1.79
„ „ „ Bomford are as follow: Per 1,000 Total Live Births 0.00 0.86 0.86