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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 1
BIRTH-BATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, England and Wales, London, 160 County Boroughs and MATERNAL MORTALITY, and CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Great Towns, and 160 Smaller Towns.
Diseases in the year 1954.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Nuarterly 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 Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 15.2 | 0.36 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.8 | 25.5 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.8 | 0.44 | 12.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.9 | 29.2 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census) | 15.4 | 0.36 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.5 | 23.8 |
| London | 17.7 | 0.35 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.4 | 22.1 |
| ROMFORD | 15.3 | 0.37 | 9.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.5 | 20.7 |
The Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales is as follows : Per 1,000 Total Live and Still Births — 0.69
The Maternal Mortality Rate for Romford is as follows : Per 1,000 Total Live and Still Births — 0.00