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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 1904
[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 Goverment Board, are included with this report. The
Birth and Death Rates are shown in the following table for the last
five years.
Tables of mortality, &c., compiled according to the requirements of the Local Goverment Board, are included with this report. The Birth and Death Rates are shown in the following table for the last five years.
| Locality. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth. Rate. | DEAth. Rate. | Birth Ratk. | DeAth. Rate. | Birth. Ratk. | DEath. Rate. | Birth. Rate. | Death R atE. | Birth. Rate. | Death. Rate. | |
| Dagenham, Beacontree and Chad well HeaLhs | 34.7 | 16.8 | 35.9 | 14 3 | 35.8 | 11.08 | 35.2 | 12.7 | 36.2 | 15.04 |
| Havering . | 15.7 | 9.8 | 28.9 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 11.4 | 10 | Nil | 26 9 | 4.9 |
| Hornchurch . | 3.6 | 14.0 | 25.7 | 11.8 | 27.6 | 12.9 | 22.9 | 8.5 | 23.7 | 11.7 |
| Upminster. Cranham, and Corhets Tey. | 25.4 | 15.3 | 25.7 | 10.6 | 22.1 | 21.4 | 12.04 | 23.5 | 14.3 | |
| Great Warley | 35.5 | 15.2 | 29.4 | 20.0 | 29.8 | 8.7 | 92.9 | 14.7 | 26.5 | 7.0 |
| Rainham & Wennington | 33.4 | 9.06 | 31.2 | 18.7 | 35.2 | 17'1 | 26.5 | 17.7 | ||
Disease of a zymotic character proved fatal in 20 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.