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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 1. BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY and CASE-RATES for certain England and Wales London, 126 Great Towns and Infectious Diseases in the year 1947. 148 Smaller Towns.
| Rate per 1,000 popula-tion. | DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | Small-p<>x | Measles | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | ||||
| Live Births | Stillbirths | ||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 20.5 | 0.50 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 5.8 | 41 | |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 23.3 | 0.62 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 22.2 | 0.54 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 3.7 | 36 | |
| London | 22.7 | 0.49 | 12.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 4.8 | 37 | |
| ROMFORD | 23.6 | 0.39 | 9.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 2.4 | 24 | |
| Puerperal Sepsis | Others | Total | |||||||||||
| The Maternal Mortality Rates for England and Wales are as follow: Per 1,000 Total Live Births | 0.26 | 0.91 | 1.17 | ||||||||||
| ,, ,, ,, Romford are as follow: Per 1,000 Total Live Births | 0.00 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||||