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Romford 1956
[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 1956. England and Wales, and Romford. (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 Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 15.7 | 0.38 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.00 | ... | 0.53 | ... | 23.8 |
| ROMFORD | 14.5 | 0.45 | 10.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 1.6 | 22.1 |
The Maternal Mortality Rate for Romford is as follows : Per 1,000 Total Live and Still Births — 0.51
The Maternal Mortality Rate for England & Wales is as follows : Per 1,000 Total Live and Still Births — 0.56
*** Not available.