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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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The subjoined table shews the degree in which infectious disease prevailed in the various parishes of the district.
| Dugenham, Beacontree and Chadwell Heaths. | Havering. | Hornchurch. | Upminster. Crunham, and Corbets Tey. | Great Warley. | Rainham and Wennington. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 2 | — | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 99 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 57 | - | 42 | 5 | 5 | 70 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | S |
| Erysipelas | 7 | - | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 168 | 1 | 63 | 33 | 14 | 81 |
II.—An account of the Sanitary condition of the District
at the end of 1904.
In complying with this section of the Local Government Board's
instruction to Medical Officers of Health, I proceed to give, as in
previous years, a short account of the sanitary state of the District,
under the same heads of localities as are given in the statistical tables.
Dagenham, Bkacontree Heath, and Chadwell Heath.—
Villages and scattered groups of houses, all situate in the parish of
Dagenham, and occupying a very wide area, standing on gravel and
on London clay, some (part of Dagenham village and immediate
neighbourhood) on alluvium. Population, 6,700. Agricultural.
Water supply mainly from South Essex Company. The village of
Dagenham is in a bad sanitary condition, owing to the ground being
saturated by years' overflowing cesspools and slop-water Most of