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Romford 1909

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

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Tables of mortality and sickness compiled according to the requirements of the Local Government Board are included in this report. The birth and death-rates for the several localities for the past five years are shown in the following table.

Locality.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909
BirthRate.DeathRate.BirthRate.DeathRate.BirthRate.Death Rate.-BirthRate.DeathRate.BirthRate.Death Rate.
Dagenham, Beacontree and Chadwell Heaths31.513.129.411.432.613.427.98.734.111.9
Havering21.912.122.111.122.111.520.413.618.418.4
Hornchurch6.510.029.510.524.59.527.212.624.59.8
Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey14.17.319.048.518.27.818.19.0915.47.9
Great Warley33.412.136.018.531.312.826.99.0323.57.5
Rainham & Wennington32.411.134.113.733.111.431.0710.0328.116.5

Diseases of a zymotic character proved fatal in 14 instances. The
death-rate for this class of disease for the entire district being
0.5 per 1,000. The following table shows the nature and distribution
of fatal zymotic disease on the different localities of the district.
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