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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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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1904 and Previous Years.
ROMFORD RURAL DISTRICT.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registkrkd in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non.residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 yr. of age | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate | Number. | Rate per 1.000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1894. | ||||||||||||
| 1895. | ||||||||||||
| 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 1898. | 16,400 | 551 | 33.5 | 66 | 101.6 | 250 | 15.2 | 12 | 262 | 15 .9 | ||
| 1899. | 16,770 | 593 | 35.3 | 84 | 141.6 | 256 | 15.1 | 9 | 265 | 15.3 | ||
| 1900. | 17,380 | 476 | 27.3 | 26 | 54.6 | 255 | 14.6 | 11 | 266 | 15.3 | ||
| 1901. | 18,990 | 569 | 29.9 | 90 | 157.9 | 266 | 14.007 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 271 | 14.2 |
| 1902. | 19,500 | 585 | 30.0 | 62 | 105.9 | 435 | 22.3 | 201 | 201 | 7 | 211 | 12.2 |
| 1903. | 20,000 | 623 | 36.1 | 68 | 108.1 | 248 | 12.4 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 264 | 13.2 |
| Averages for rears 1391. 1903 | ||||||||||||
| 1901. | 20,415 | 551 | 26.8 | 96 | 274 | 13.4 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 293 | 14.3 | |
* Rates in columns 4, 8, and 13. calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 32,245.
Total population at all ages, 18,990.
Number of inhabited houses, 3.955 At Census of 1901.
Average number of persons per house. 4.7
Is the Union Workhouse within the District?—Yes.