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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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Tables of mortality, &c., completed according to the requirements of the Local Government Board, are included with this report. The birth and death-rates for the several localities for the last live years are shown in the following table
| Locality. | 1904 | I90S. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BirthRate. | DeathRate. | Birth-Rate. | DeathRate. | BirthRate. | DeathRate. | BirthRate. | DeathRate. | BirthRate. | DeathRate. | |
| Dagenham, Beacontree and Chadwell Heaths | 36.2 | 15.04 | 31.5 | 13.1 | 29.4 | 11.4 | 32.6 | 13.4 | 27.9 | 8.7 |
| Havering | 26.9 | 4.9 | 21.9 | 12.1 | 22.1 | 11.1 | 22.1 | 11.5 | 20.4 | 13.6 |
| Horn church | 23.7 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 29..5 | 10.3 | 24.5 | 9.5 | 27.2 | 12.6 |
| Upminster. Cranham, and Corbets Tey | 23.5 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 7.3 | 19.04 | 8.5 | 18.2 | 7.8 | 18.1 | 9.09 |
| Great Warley | 26.5 | 7.0 | 33.4 | 12.1 | 36.01 | 8.5 | 31.8 | 12.8 | 26.9 | 9.08 |
| Rainham & Wennington | 26.5 | 17.7 | 32.4 | 11.1 | 34.1 | 13.7 | 33.1 | 11.4 | 31.07 | 10.03 |
Diseases of a zymotic character proved fatal in 28 instances. The
death-rate for this class of disease for the entire district being: 1-2 per
1,000.
The following table shows the nature and distribution of fatal
zymotic disease on the different localities of the district.