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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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runs through Rainham to the Thames, about a mile distant. Sewerage
works for Rainham now completed. Birth-rate, 34.1. Death-rate,
137. Death-rate from zymotic disease, Nil. Rainham, in years past,
has borne an unenviable reputation for infectious disease, notably
Diphtheria. There has been a marked improvement this year in
this respeot.
HI.—Statement of enquiries made into conditions injurious to health
and proceedings thereon.
Dagbnham, Rracontrre and Chadwell Hraths.—
Jan. Ath.— Chadwell Heath.—Blocked drains, defective w.o.'s,
defeotive water supply. Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 6th—Dagenham.—Accumulation of manure near houses.
Notice. Removed.
Jan. 8th. — Ditto.—Foul ditch. Notice. Cleansed.
Jan. 8th.— Ditto.—Ditto. Ditto.
Jan. 10th.—Ditto.— Ditto. Ditto.
Jan 10th—Chadwell Heath.—Foul ditch. Notice. Cleansed.
Jan. 11th.—Dagenham.—Ditto. Ditto.
Jan. 17th.—Ditto.—Overcrowding. Notice, Remodied.
Jan. 17th.— Ditte.—Acoumulatiou of manure. Notice. Remedied.
Jan. 22nd.—Ditto.— Ditto. Ditto.
Jan. 24th.—Ditte.—Foul ditch. Notice. Cleasned.