Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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The Crude Death rate per 1,000 Estimated Population is 7.4.
The equivalent rates in 1901 and 1937 were 16.9 and 9.8 respectively.
62 deaths of residents of Romford were due to Lung Cancer.
50 of these were male and 12 were female.
The deaths of 61 persons were ascribed to Bronchitis and other
allied respiratory diseases.
Accidents accounted for 36 deaths during the year, 22 males
and 14 females. This total includes the deaths of 16 male and 6
females resulting from motor vehicle accidents.
3 males and 4 females committed suicide compared with a
total of 12 in 1964.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following notifications were received during the ye Figures for 1937 and 1901 are appended for comparison.
1964 | 1937 | 1901 | |
---|---|---|---|
Pneumonia | 3 | 95 | — |
Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 36 | 63 | Not |
Non-Respiratory | 4 | 9 | notifiable |
Scarlet Fever | 51 | 233 | 9 |
Dysentery | 12 | 1 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 10 | 2 |
Measles | 767 | Not | Not |
Whooping Cough | 79 | notifiable | notifiable |
Food Poisoning | 447 | ||
Erysipelas | 4 | 12 | 10 |
Cerebrospinal Fever | — | 1 | — |
Poliomyelitis— Non-Paralytic | — | 5 | — |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | - |
Diphtheria | — | 87 | 30 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 3 | 10 | 12 |
Small Pox | - | - | 8 |
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