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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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Table: TABLE III.Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1908, in the Romford Urban District.

TABLE III.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1908, in the Romford Urban District.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital fbom each locality.
At all Ages.At Ages - Years1231567Total cases removed to Hospital.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 60.65 and upwards.
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Small Pox1............1...1.....................
Cholera................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)27...720.........24.....................
Erysipelas24.........5145........................
Scarlet fever1154065...390.....................
Typhus fever...................................................
Enteric fever6.........15...1.....................
Relapsing fever.............................................
Continued fever.............................................
Puerperal fever................................................
Plague...............................................................
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Totals173478513235106.....................

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Isolation Hospital—Romford Joint Hospital, Rush Green, Dagenham. Total available Bods— 50. Number
of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—three.