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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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No.Date.Locality.Disease.Source of Disease. Action taken.Result.
71Sept. 20Lawrence RoadScarlet FeverOne case. RemovedNo other case
72„ 20 & 23Queen StreetScarlet FeverTwo cases. Removed„
73„ 20Brentwood RoadDiphtheriaOne case, Origin obscure
74„ 24 & 25Shakespeare RoadScarlet FeverTwo cases in contiguous houses. One of several days' duration. RemovedSee No. 76
75„ 21Squirrels HeathScarlet FeverOne case. RemovedNo other case
76„ 29Shakespeare RoadScarlet FeverOne case. Infected by No. 74. Removed„
77Oct. 6Hainault RoadDiphtheriaOne case. An adult infected by a friend whom he had visited. Removed„
78„ 7Shaftesbury RoadScarlet Fever
79„ 9Richmond RoadScarlet Fever
80„Richmond RoadScarlet Fever
.81„ 10Richmond RoadScarlet Fever
82„ 12Hamilton RoadScarlet FeverFive case. Presumably infected by an unrecognised case in a neighbouring house. Removed„
83„ 13Como StreetScarlet FeverOne case in same house where a child had returned from Isolation Hospital three weeks previously. Query a "return case." Removed„
84„ 14George StreetScarlet Fever
85„ 16Milton RoadScarlet Fever
86„ 19Shakespeare RoadScarlet FeverThree cases. Presumably infected by same source as No. 79. Removed„
87„ 22Willow StreetEnteric FeverOne case. A child had been ill a month in the same house, presumably from the same disease. Removed„