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Romford 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]

Published
1901
Pages
28
Tables
15

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15 tables in this report

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    I. -Summary of Action taken for preventing the spread of Disease.
    NoDate.Disease.Locality.Origin of Disease. Action taken.Result.
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    No.Date.Disease.Locality.Origin of Disease. Action taken.Result.
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    No.bate.Disease.Locality.Origin of Disease. Action taken.Result.
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    No.Date.Disease.Locality.Origin of Disease. Action taken.Result.
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    No.Date.Disease.Locality.Origin of Disease. Action taken.Result.
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    No.Date.Disease.Locality.Origin of Disease. Action taken.Result.
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    I received notification of 152 cases of infectious diseases during the year. The different diseases are thus tabulated :—
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    Scarlet Fever. —Sixty-seven cases of this disease were notified from various parts of the district—the localities where it prevailed being, in the order of the number of cases, as under:—
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    The following is a complete list of the insanitary conditions, respecting which notices have been served by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year.
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    The Birth and Death Rates are shown in the following table for the last five years.
    Locality.1896.1897.18981899.1900.
    Birth. Rate.Death. Rate.Birth. Rate.Death. Rate.Birth. Rate.Death. Rate.Birth. Rate.Death. Rate.Birth. Rate.Death. Rate.
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    Diseases of a zymotic character proved fatal in 22 instances ; the death-rate from this class of disease for the entire district having been 1.2 per 1,000. The following table shows the nature and distribution of fatal zymotic disease in the different localities of the district:—
    Dagenham.Havering.Upminster and Cranham.Great Warley.RainhamandWennington.Hornchurch.
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    TABLE I. ROMFORD RURAL DISTRICT.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of Age.Deaths at all Ages. Total.Deaths in Public Institutions.Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District.Deaths of Rcs:dents registered beyond District.Deaths at all Ages. Nett.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1000 Births' registered.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE II. ROMFORD RURAL DISTRICT.
    Names of Localities.Dagenham, Beaconthkk, and cliadwell heaths.Havf.ring.Hornchurch.Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey.Great Warle.y.Rainham and Wenninoton.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population esti- 1 mated to middle of each year. 1Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population e«ti-mated to middle of each year.j Births registered .Deaths at all | Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
    a.b.c.d.a.b.c.d.a.b.c.d.a.b.c.d.a.b.c.d.a.b.c.d.
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    TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900, in the Romford Rural District.
    Notifiabi.v Disease.Cases notified in Whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages —Years.Dagenham. Beacontree and Phadwell HeathsHavering.Hornchurch.Upminster, Cranham, and i Corbets Tey.Great Warley.Rainham and Wennington.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.?5 to 65.65 andupwards.
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    TABLE (IV). ROMFORD RURAL DISTRICT. C auses of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1900.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all Ages.)Deaths in Public Institutions.
    All AgesUnder 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Dagenham, Beacontree and ,Chadwell Hth's.Noak Hill.Havering.Hornchurch.Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tev.Great Warley.Rainham and ennington.