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Romford 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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Table: TABLE (B). TABLE (B).Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in theRomford Rural Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE (B). TABLE (B).

Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the

Romford Rural Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

SOURCES OF INFORMATIONNames of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under or over 5New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Other Diseases, such as Chicken Pox, or Pneumonia, which the Medical Officer of Health thinks well to record.
Census. LastEstimated to middle of 1698.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)1234567891011
The figures of the columns following column (e) will have been derived from the returns of Poor Law Medical Officers, from the practice of public institution in or near the Rural District, and from other medical practice.Dagenham, Beacon-tree Heath, and Chadwell Heath4,3225,020160Under 5......3..............................
5 upwds....85......23............4......
Collier Row79086031Under 5.......................................
5 upwds...12......1.....................
The Officer of Health making this report is desired to state below the number of persons belonging to this division or district, who have during the year newly come under treatment for all kinds of disease and injury, and of whose cases he has had information.Noak Hill, Romford Common, and Squirrels Heath1,1991,30039Under 5...6...1...........................
5 upwds...10.........1............1......
Hornchurch3,8414,700131Under 5...13..............................
5 upwds...410......4............1......
in Workhouse and Workhouse InfirmaryUpminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey1,8741,99043Under 5.......................................
among Out-door Paupers5 upwds...24......3............2......
as In-patients of HospitalHavering48050013Under 5.......................................
as Out- patients of Hospital5 upwds...4.................................
as Out- patients of DispensaryGreat Warley1,6091,89062Under 5......3..............................
5 upwds...12......1............2......
* in other practiceRainham and Wennington1,9572,30072Under 5...14..............................
5 upwds...32......4.....................
* This refers to cases of sickness not included in the previous classes, if the Medical Officer of Health has information of 6uch cases from other sources.
Totals16,04218,560551Under 5...8131...........................
5 upwds....3325......37............10......