Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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| No | Date. | Locality. | Disease. | Source of Disease. Action taken. | Resuit, |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | April 22 | South Hornchurch | Scarlet Fever | Another case in same house as No. 32. This case, a servant, was removed to Isolation Hospital | |
| 36 | „ 25 | Hornchurch | Scarlet Fever | One case. Isolated at home | No other case |
| 37 | „ 25 | Vicarage Road, Dagenham | Scarlet Fever | One case. Removed | No other case |
| 38 | ,, 26 | Chadwell Heath | Diphtheria | Ditto | No other case |
| 39 | „ 29 | Hornchurch | Scarlet Fever | Ditto | No other case |
| 40 | May 15 | North Hornchurch | Diphtheria | One case. Origin obscure | |
| 41 | „ 15 | Chadwell Heath | Scarlet Fever | One case. Imported. Removed | |
| 42 | „ 10 | Dagenham | Scarlet Fever | Ditto | No other case |
| 43 | „ 10 | South Hornchurch | Diphtheria | Ditto Not removed | See No, 60 |
| 44 | 13 | Chadwell Heath | Scarlet Fever | Two cases. On investigating them, and a piev'ous case in same family (No. 41) I found a boy of same family desquamating after Scarlet Fever unrecognized. Removed | See No, 50 |
| 45 | 13 | Hornchurch | Diphtheria | A notified case, not proved to be Diphtheria on bacteriological examination | |
| 46 | „ 13 | South Hornchurch | Diphtheria | One case | |
| 47 | „ 15 | South Hornchurch | Diphtheria | One case. Removed | |
| 48 | „ 18 | South Hornchurch | Diphtheria | Two cases. Removed | |
| 49 | 20 | Chadwell Heath | Diphtheria | One case. Removed | |
| 50 | „ 22 | Chadwell Heath | Scarlet Fever | One case, contracted from No, 44. Removed | See No. 51 |
| 51 | „ 31 | Chadwell Heath | Scarlet Fever | One case, contracted from home when a case had been removed (No. 56) | No other case |
| 52 | June 1 | Havering | Diphtheria | One case. A servant in a large house. Origin obscure. Presumed to have been contracted away from home. Removed | No other case |
| 53 | „ 5 | Rainham | Diphtheria | One case. Bad sanitary surroundings |
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