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]
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The following represent the total number of infectious disease notified during the year.
Smallpox | 5 |
Scarlet Fever | 23 |
Diphtheria | 20 |
Enteric Fever | 6 |
Erysipelas | 22 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 |
Total | 78 |
Every case of Infectious disease notified to me is
reported to the Sanitary Inspector, who visits and
reports to me in all cases which I do not personally
investigate, and who also supplies disinfectants, sees to
the patient's removal to the Isolation Hospital, when
such a course is adopted, and disinfects the premises,
bedding, clothing, &c.
At the end of the year the district was in a healthy
condition, few cases of infectious disease having been
notified.
Periodical inspections of the various parts of the
district have been made, a few samples of drinking
water, whose purity was suspected, have been analysed
by me, and when found to be impure the South Essex