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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 1951
[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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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