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Romford 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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1 .—Summary of Action taken for preventing the spread of Disease.

No.Date.Loeality.Disease.Source of Disease. Action taken.Result.
1Jan. 5Market PlaceSmallpoxOne case. Contracted at Grays. Removed to Dagenham Smallpox Hospital. Inmates of house re.vaccinated Premises, bedding, &c., disinfected.No further case,
2,, 5High StreetSmallpoxThis patient was a servant in one of the inns, and used to serve in the bar, a woman from an infectious house was known to have gone into this inn. the case was removed to Hospital, and the room she occupied disinfected, the bedding being burnt.No other case.
3„ 6Mawney Road .SmallpoxA mild case. Clergyman who had baptized a child suffering with this disease. Isolated at home, being an extremely mild case, there being only half-a-dozen pustules over the whole body. House disinfected and bedding burnt.No other case.
4Marks RoadSmallpoxOne case. A relation of a family in Poplar Street, infected in December. Removed. Inmates re-vaccinated. Contact kept secluded and under observation for ten aays.No further case.
5„ 9Marks RoadSmallpoxOne case. Origin obscure. Same precaution as in No. 4.No further ease.
6„ 10North StreetSmallpoxOne case. A man engaged in the burial of smallpox cases. Removed.See No. 5.
7.» 10Collier RowSmallpoxOne case. Presumably arising from infection introduced by the woman mentioned in No. 2. Removed.No other case.