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Romford 1964

[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.

196419371901
Pneumonia395
Tuberculosis: Respiratory3663Not
Non-Respiratory49notifiable
Scarlet Fever512339
Dysentery121
Puerperal Pyrexia102
Measles767NotNot
Whooping Cough79notifiablenotifiable
Food Poisoning447
Erysipelas41210
Cerebrospinal Fever1
Poliomyelitis— Non-Paralytic5
Encephalitis Lethargica1-
Diphtheria8730
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22
Typhoid and Paratyphoid31012
Small Pox--8

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