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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 19.
DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO WARDS.
| Disease. | Collier Bow and Havering Ward. | Gidea Park and Noak Hill Ward. | South Ward. | Town Ward. | West Ward. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 21 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | 9 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | 1 | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | 2 | - | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | - | — |
| Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 32 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 10 |
| Non-Respiratory | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 118 | 77 | 99 | 43 | 39 |