Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | |||||
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BirthRate. | DeathRate. | BirthRate. | DeathRate. | BirthRate. | Death Rate.- | BirthRate. | DeathRate. | BirthRate. | Death Rate. | |
Dagenham, Beacontree and Chadwell Heaths | 31.5 | 13.1 | 29.4 | 11.4 | 32.6 | 13.4 | 27.9 | 8.7 | 34.1 | 11.9 |
Havering | 21.9 | 12.1 | 22.1 | 11.1 | 22.1 | 11.5 | 20.4 | 13.6 | 18.4 | 18.4 |
Hornchurch | 6.5 | 10.0 | 29.5 | 10.5 | 24.5 | 9.5 | 27.2 | 12.6 | 24.5 | 9.8 |
Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey | 14.1 | 7.3 | 19.04 | 8.5 | 18.2 | 7.8 | 18.1 | 9.09 | 15.4 | 7.9 |
Great Warley | 33.4 | 12.1 | 36.01 | 8.5 | 31.3 | 12.8 | 26.9 | 9.03 | 23.5 | 7.5 |
Rainham & Wennington | 32.4 | 11.1 | 34.1 | 13.7 | 33.1 | 11.4 | 31.07 | 10.03 | 28.1 | 16.5 |
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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