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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 1950
[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 Infectious Diseases in the year 1950. | England and Wales, London, 126 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 | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Tuberculosis | Influenza | Small-pox | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |||||
| Live Births | Still Births | ||||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.37 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.46 | 1.9 | 29.8 | ||
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.6 | 0.45 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.49 | 2.2 | 33.8 | ||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 16.7 | 0.38 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.45 | 1.6 | 29.4 | ||
| London | 17.8 | 0.36 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.48 | 1.0 | 26.3 | ||
| ROMFORD | 16.6 | 0.44 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.7 | 23.1 | ||
The Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales is as follows: Per 1,000 Total Live Births — 0.86
The Maternal Mortality Rate for Romford is as follows: Per 1,000 Total Live Births — 0.68