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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 20.
DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO WARDS.
| Disease. | Collier Row & Havering Ward. | Gidea Park & Noak Hill Ward. | Hare Park Ward. | Mawney Ward. | South Ward. | Town Ward. | Ward. West | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 81 | 20 | 12 | 39 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 198 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Pneumonia | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 50 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Measles | 429 | 203 | 132 | 180 | 93 | 65 | 14 | 1,116 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 88 | 42 | 14 | 65 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 248 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 28 |
| Food Poisoning | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 17 | 59 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 130 |
| Non-Respiratory | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 |
| Total | 660 | 343 | 184 | 313 | 156 | 145 | 40 | 1,841 |