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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Romford 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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Tables of mortality, &c., compiled according to the requirements of the Local Government Board are included with this report. The Birth and Death Hates are shown in the following table for the last five years.
| Locality. | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-Rate. | Death-Rate | Birth-Rate. | Death-Rate | Birth-Rate. | Death-Rate | Birth-Rate. | Death-Rate | Birth-Rate. | Death-Rate | |
| Dagenham, Beacontree and Chadwell Heaths | 35.2 | 12.3 | 34.7 | 16.8 | 35.9 | 14.3 | 35.8 | 11.08 | 35.2 | 12.7 |
| Havering | 14.0 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 9.8 | 26.9 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 11.4 | 10 | Nil. |
| Horn church | 33.8 | 15.8 | 33.6 | 14.0 | 25.7 | 11.8 | 27.6 | 12.9 | 22.9 | 8.5 |
| Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey | 20.0 | 12.0 | 25.4 | 15.3 | 25.7 | 10.6 | 22.1 | 10.0 | 21.4 | 12.04 |
| Great Warley | 31.18 | 9.8 | 35.5 | 15.2 | 29.4 | 20.4 | 29.8 | 8.7 | 29.9 | 14.7 |
| Rainham & Wenington | 20.4 | 10.4 | 33.4 | 9.06 | 31.2 | 18.7 | 35.2 | 17.1 | 48.3 | 18.2 |
Diseases of a zymotic character proved fatal in 29 instances.
The death-rate from this class of disease for the entire district having
been 0.9 per 1,000. The following table shows the nature and
distribution of fatal zymotic disease in the different localities of the
district.