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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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TABLE I.
Vital, Statistics op Whole District during 1909 and Previous Years.
ROMFORD RURAL DISTRICT.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total. Deaths Registered 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.* | N umber. | Rate per 1,000 Births' registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1899. | 16,770 | 593 | 35.3 | 84 | 141 | 256 | 15.2 | 12 | 262 | 159 | ||
| 1900. | 17,380 | 476 | 27.3 | 26 | 54 | 255 | 14.6 | 11 | 266 | 15.3 | ||
| 1901. | 18,990 | 569 | 28.9 | 90 | 157 | 266 | 14 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 271 | 14.2 |
| 1902. | 19,500 | 585 | 30.0 | 62 | 105 | 235 | 22.3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 241 | 12.2 |
| 1903. | 20,000 | 623 | 36.1 | 68 | 109 | 248 | 12.4 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 264 | 13.2 |
| 1904. | 20,415 | 551 | 26.8 | 96 | 174 | 274 | 13.4 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 293 | 143 |
| 1905. | 21,000 | 654 | 31.1 | 86 | 130 | 256 | 12.1 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 256 | 12.9 |
| 1906. | 21,500 | 634 | 29.4 | 87 | 137 | 241 | 11.1 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 262 | 12.1 |
| 1907. | 22,000 | 602 | 27.3 | 51 | 84 | 242 | 11.0 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 242 | 11.11 |
| 1908. | 23,282 | 622 | 26.7 | 52 | 87 | 214 | 9.1 | 25 | 7 | 30 | 237 | 10.1 |
| Averages for years 1899. 1908 | 20,084 | 590 | 29 8 | 70 | 112 | 248 | 13.5 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 259 | 12.10 |
| 1909. | 24,054 | 641 | 26.6 | 58 | 112 | 239 | 9.9 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 263 | 10.9 |
* 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 | At Census of 1901. |
| Number of inhabited houses, 3955 | |
| Average number of persons per house, 4.7 |