Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 Row and Havering Ward. | Gidea Park and Noak Hill Ward. | South Ward. | Town Ward. | West Ward | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 38 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 95 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
Erysipelas | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
Pneumonia | 13 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 44 |
Infective Hepattiis | 10 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 14 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | 2 | - | — | 3 |
Dysentery | 1 | - | 14 | - | — | 15 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 10 |
Measles | 324 | 153 | 146 | 171 | 82 | 876 |
Whooping Cough | 31 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 74 |
Malaria | 1 | - | 13 | — | 1 | 15 |
Enteric Fever | — | 2 | — | — | - | 2 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 |
Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 26 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 68 |
Non-Respiratory | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Total | 470 | 231 | 241 | 228 | 113 | 1,283 |