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Only in three instances has it been possible to summon such
offenders, in all of which cases a conviction was obtained.
PUBLIC street improvement.—During the year the
following public street improvement has been carried out, viz.:—
A footpath on the South side of London Road, from Bury House
to the New Infants' School, a distance of 4442/3 yards has been
formed, paved with Victoria Stone, and Kerbed and Channelled,
and all road crossings paved with granite cubes.
Tables of Mortality and of Sickness, compiled in accordance
with the requirement of the Local Government Board's instructions,
are appended to this report.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ALFRED WRIGHT,
Medical Officer of Health.
Romford,
February 25th, 1909.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
This Hospital is controlled by the "Joint Hospital Board,"
a body composed of Members of the Urban and Rural District
Councils, to whom I beg to express my warmest thanks for
the readiness with which all suggestions from the matron and
myself, for the well-being of the hospital and its patients,
are responded to. The hospital continues to work satisfactorily,
many grave cases having been successfully treated, which could
not possibly have resulted favourably in their own homes, thus
saving much human life and suffering. The number of cases
admitted during the year was 268. Of these 200 were cases
of Scarlet Fever, 66 of Diphtheria, and 2 of Enteric Fever
(Typhoid). Not all of them came from the Romford Urban