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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 1950
[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. | West Ward. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 52 | 37 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 174 |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 61 |
| Dysentery | 83 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 95 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 |
| Malaria contracted abroad | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 252 | 65 | 36 | 117 | 67 | 101 | 82 | 720 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 155 | 54 | 38 | 48 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 357 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| Food Poisoning | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Tuberculosis—Respiratory | 21 | 143 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 214 |
| Tuberculosis—Non-Respiratory | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| Total | 618 | 335 | 118 | 219 | 172 | 153 | 116 | 1,731 |