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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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DISEASES NOTIFIED DUBING THE YEAB, DIVIDED INTO WABDS.
TABLE 16.
DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO WARDS
| Disease. | Collier Row and Havering Ward. | Gidea Park and Noak Hill Ward. | Mawney Ward. | West Ward. | South Ward. | Town Ward. | Hare Park Ward. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 76 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | — | 7 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 25 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 86 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | 209 | 33 | 91 | 59 | 50 | 82 | 28 | 552 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 77 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 35 | 15 | 200 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
| Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 22 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 89 |
| Non-Respiratory | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Total | 353 | 88 | 173 | 122 | 144 | 177 | 82 | 1,139 |
TABLE 16.
Total
76
7
2
33
86
6
3
31
2
552
1
200
31
89
20
1,139
Hare Park
Ward.
5
—
—
1
5
1
—
1
l
28
—
15
6
16
4
82
Town Ward, j
3
5
—
2
20
—
—
9
—
82
—
35
5
13
3
177
South Ward.
14
—
1
25
13
2
2
1
1
50
1
16
2
14
2
144
West Ward.
8
2
1
—
15
—
8
—
59
—
20
1
7
1
122
Mawney
Ward.
12
-
--
2
14
1
—
5 1
1
91
—
22
7
15
3
173
Gidea Park and
Noak Hill Ward.
14
—
—
1
12
1
—
3
—
33
—
15
4
2
3
88
Collier Bow and
Havering Ward.
20
—
—
2
7
1
1
i
—
209
—
77
6
22
4
353
Disease.
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
Enteric Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia
Pneumonia
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
Dysentery
Erysipelas
Malaria
Measles
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Whooping Cough
Infective Hepatitis
Tuberculosis: Bespiratory
Non-Bespiratorv
Tc.tal