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TOWN HALL, ROMFORD
To The Mayor, Alderman and Councillors
of Borough of Romford. February, 1964.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Due to the London Government Act 1963, the Borough of
Romford will, with effect from 1st April, 1965, become part of the
London Borough of Havering. This, therefore, is the last in the
series of Annual Reports relating to Romford.
It has been prepared at an early date, before the receipt of the
usual vital statistics from the Registrar General so that it may be
presented to you before the forthcoming re-organisation in Local
Government. Figures compiled locally have therefore been included,
but as these will show some variations from those received from
the Registrar General, amendments will be available at a later date,
on application.
To illustrate the changes which have occurred in the vital statistics
from the early days of the century, and also with the first year
of the Borough, some comparisons have been made with 1901 and
1937, the year when Romford became a Municipal Borough. Of
the staff employed in 1937 only three still remain with the Department,
one of whom will retire before the Health and Welfare
Department of the Borough of Havering takes over. Also mentioned
in the report are some facts in the history of the development
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