Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1951.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns, and 148 Smaller Towns.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS | |||||||||||
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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 | 15.5 | 0.36 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 1.4 | 29.6 |
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.3 | 0.45 | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.65 | 1.6 | 33.4 |
148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | 16.7 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 1.0 | 27.6 |
London | 17.8 | 0.37 | 13.1 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.7 | 26.4 |
ROMFORD | 17.9 | 0.43 | 10.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 1.2 | 24.3 |
The Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales is as follows: Per 1,000 Total Live Births — 0.79
The Maternal Mortality Bate for Bomford is as follows: Per 1,000 Total Live Births — 0.00