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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 18.
DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO WARDS
| Disease. | Collier Row & Havering Ward. | Gidea Park & Noak Hill Ward. | Mawney Ward. | Ward. West | South Ward. | Town Ward. | Hare Park Ward. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 99 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 22 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 69 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | 1 | — | .3 | — | — | 4 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 89 | 69 | 121 | 30 | 76 | 67 | 36 | 488 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 107 | 34 | 73 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 327 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 14 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 78 |
| Non-Respiratory | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 13 |
| Total | 271 | 147 | 230 | 94 | 152 | 129 | 99 | 1,122 |