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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

Hornchurch 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Table: The general picture was as follows (cases notified to me from schools, doctors or other sources are included) :

The general picture was as follows (cases notified to me from schools, doctors or other sources are included) :

School Cases—Oglethorpe Junior
Boys15
Girls27
—42
Comprising: Hornchurch Residents32
Outside Hornchurch—
Aveley6
Warley2
Hornden2
Oglethorpe Infants
Boys19
Girls22
—41
Comprising : Hornchurch Residents28
Outside Hornchurch—
Aveley10
Warley3
Other cases associated with Oglethorpe—
Teachers2
School Meals Assistant1
Mothers2
_5
Other Schools—January/July 19541212
Other Adults—January/July 195488
(Six of the adults resided in Upminster) Pre-school Children :
Rainham1
Upminster1
—2
TOTAL110