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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 1.
BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, England and Wales,London,126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns.
MATERNAL MORTALITY and CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1948.
| Rate pbr 1,000 popula tion | DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still-births | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Tuberculosis | Influenza | Small-pox | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 17.9 | 0.42 | 10.8 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.41 | 3.3 | 34 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 20.0 | 0.52 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.38 | 4.5 | 39 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 19.2 | 0.43 | 10.7 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 0.04 | - | 0.01 | 0.36 | 2.1 | 32 |
| London | 20.1 | 0.39 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.02 | - | 0.00 | 0.54 | 2.4 | 31 |
| ROMFORD | 18.4 | 0.36 | 8.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.75 | 22 |
The Maternal Mortality Rates for England and Wales are as follow: Per 1,000 Total Live Births
,, „ Romford are as follow: Per 1,000 Total Live Births
Puerperal Sepsis Others Total
0.24 0.78 1.02
0.00 0.73 0.73