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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 1 BI.RTH-RATES, DEATH-HATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY,England and Wales, London, 160 County Boroughs and MATEBNAL MOBTALITY, and CASE-BATES for certain Infectious Great Towns, and 160 Smaller Towns. Diseases in the year 1953. (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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Tuberculosis | Influenza | Small-pox | Acute Polio-myelitis and Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.35 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.55 | 1.1 | 26.8 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 17.0 | 0.43 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.59 | 1.3 | 30.8 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census) | 15.7 | 0.34 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0.9 | 24.3 |
| London | 17.5 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.64 | 1.1 | 24.8 |
| BOMFORD | 15.8 | 0.38 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 2.5 | 31.6 |
The Maternal Mortality Bate for England and Wales is as follows: Per 1,00(1 Total Live Births — 0.76
The Maternal Mortality Bate for Romford is as follows: Per 1,000 Total Live Births — 1.50
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