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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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Table: TABLE 15

TABLE 15

(a) Total Number of Outbreaks2
(b) Total Number of Cases involved in (a)7
(c) Number of Single Cases34
(d) Number of DeathsNil
(e)
(i) Organisms responsibleSalmonella Typhi-MuriumParacolonProteus VulgarisUnknown
(ii) Outbreaks attributable to (i)1-1-
(iii) Single cases attributable to (i)21-31
(f)
(i) Foods involvedDucks EggsCold MuttonUnknown
(ii) Outbreaks attributable to (i)2
(iii) Single cases attributable to (i)2131

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(f) Measles.
Measles acquired high epidemic proportions this year. This was
not peculiar, however, to Romford, as the cases notified throughout
England and Wales were about the largest on record. The epidemic
in this district accounted for a large number of absences from school,
and was the main factor contributing to the low percentage of school
attendance amongst infant departments during the first quarter of
the year.
Altogether, 2,153 cases were notified, but there were no deaths.
(g) Scarlet Fever.
The notifications numbered 227. The type was mild, and no
deaths were recorded.
(h) Smallpox.
No cases occurred in the district, and there was no contact, so
that there was no call for surveillance this year.
Table 16 gives the statistics relative to Vaccination, as recorded
by the General Practitioners of the district.

Table: TABLE 16

TABLE 16

Vaccinated:
Under 1 year of age466
Between the ages of 1 and 2 years55
Between the ages of 2 and 5 years55
Between the ages of 5 and 15 years50
Over 15 years71
Re-Vaccinated:
Under 1 year of age—
Between the ages of 1 and 2 years1
Between the ages of 2 and 5 years12
Between the ages of 5 and 15 years41
Over 15 years164