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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 16. DISEASES NOTIFIED DDEING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO WARDS.
| Disease. | Collier Row. | Gidea Park. | Hare Park. | Mavvney. | South. | Town | West. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlct Fever | - | 15 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 118 |
| Diphtheria | - | — | - | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | — | 2 | 43 |
| Pneumoma | 15 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 101 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | - | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| Malaria | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | - | — | 3 |
| Measles | 148 | 71 | 64 | 103 | 98 | 40 | 51 | 575 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Whooping Cough | 49 | 13 | 22 | 44 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 194 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | 33 |
| Tuberculous: Respiratory | 14 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 92 |
| Non-Rc spiratory | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 |
| Total | 270 | 135 | 141 | 200 | 223 | 131 | 117 | 1,217 |