London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Romford 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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No.Date.Locality.Disease.Source of Disease. Action taken.Result.
36Apl. 4London RoadScarlet FeverOne case. Infection from neighbouring case. Removed.No other case
37„ 9 & 13Salisbury RoadScarlet FeverTwo cases. Source of infection obscure. Removed.See No. 39
38„16& 17Manor RoadScarlet FeverTwo cases in one family. Infection presumably imported from London. No other children in the house. Isolation at home.No other case
39„ 1 21Salisbury RoadScarlet FeverTwo cases Presumably infection by No. 37. Removed.No other ease
40„ 21Shaftesbury RoadDiphtheriaOne case. Supposed to have been contracted at a Children's Hospital in London. Removed.No other case
41„ 23Mark's RoadDiphtheriaOne case. Local Sanitary defects. Removed.No other ease
42„ 27London RoadScarlet FeverOne case. Source of infection obscure. Father a Rag Merchant. Removed.No other case
43„ 29Waterloo RoadScarlet FeverOne case. Source of infection obscure. Removed.See No, 44
44May 2Waterloo RoadScarlet FeverOne case. Contracted from No. 43. Removed.No other case
45„ 18Waterloo RoadScarlet FeverOne case. Removed.No other case
46„ 24Factory TerraceScarlet FeverOne case. Source of infection obscure. Removed.No other case
47„ 30Como StreetScarlet FeverTwo cases. A previous case in this house unrecognized. Removed.No other case
48June 1Wolsley RoadScarlet FeverOne case. presumably infection by a woman who worked in the laundry at the Isolation Hospital. Removed.No other case
49„ 16London RoadDiphtheriaOne case. Local Sanitary defects. Removed.No other case
50„ 20Richmond StreetScarlet FeverOne case, Removed.No other case
51„ 25Willow StreetScarlet FeverOne case. Removed.No other case
52„ 17Union WorkhouseSmall PoxOne case. A tramp. Removed to Small Pox Hospital.No other case
53July 3Willow StreetScarlet FeverOne case. RemovedNo other case
54„ 8 and 10Mawneys RoadDiphtheriaTwo cases in one family. Origin obscue. A foul surface sewer ventilator near the house. Removed.No other case