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Romford 1955

[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 Infections Diseases in the year 1955.

England and Wales, and Romford.

(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)

RATE PER 1,000 POPULATIONAll CausesDEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATIONAcute Poliomyelitis and PolioencephalitisPneumoniaRATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
Typhoid and Paratyphoid FeversWhooping CoughDiphtheriaTuberculosisInfluenzaSmall-pox(Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)Total Deaths under 1 year
Live BirthsStill Births
England and Wales15.00.3511.70.000.000.000.150.030.00***0.50***24.9
ROMFORD14.90.409.20.000.010.000.070.040.000.020.370.023.0

The Maternal Mortality Rate for Romford is as follows: Per 1,000 Total Live and Still Births — 0.51
*** Not available.