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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 21
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 | 25 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 100 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | - | — | 11 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 69 |
| Dysentery | 12 | 2 | — | 1 | 20 | 2 | — | 37 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Malaria contracted abroad | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | 275 | 505 | 148 | 79 | 111 | 113 | 59 | 1,290 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 141 | 170 | 34 | 74 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 520 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 26 |
| Food Poisoning | 27 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 29 |
| Tuberculosis—Respiratory | 17 | 159 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 241 |
| Tuberculosis—Non-Respiratory | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | - | 30 |
| Total | 543 | 920 | 216 | 205 | 245 | 179 | 82 | 2,390 |