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 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 |