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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1902, in the Romford Urban District.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages —Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 6 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||
| Small-pox | 43 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 13 | ... | |||||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 37 | 7 | 20 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 17 | ... | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 48 | ... | 31 | 12 | 5 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Enteric Fever | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | |||||||
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Totals | 166 | 8 | 53 | 36 | 34 | ... | ||||||||