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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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| No. | Date. | Locality. | Disease. | .Action Taken. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31. | June 21. | Rainham | Scarlet Fever | One case. Origin obscure. Removed. | No other case. |
| 32. | July 8. | Hornchurch | Diphtheria | One case A dubious one. | |
| 33. | „ 12. | Great Warley | Scarlet Fever | One cse. Origin obscure. | |
| 34. | „ 29. | New Road, Dagenham | Diphtheria | One case. Local sanitary defect. Removed. | . No other case. |
| 35. | Aug. 1. | Chadwell Heath | Diphtheria | One ease. Local sanitary defect. Removed. | No other case. |
| 36. | „ 4. | Havering | Diphtheria | One case. An elderly man, employed in emptying cesspools. A fatal case. Removed. | No other case. |
| 37. | „ 21 | and 22. Corbets Tey | Scarlet Fever | One case of two or three weeks' dura- tion. Not recognised. Another in an adjoining house. A contact, removed. | No other case. |
| 38. | „ 22. | Chadwell Heath | Scarlet Fever | A case notified from the London Hoe- pital, and removed to Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital. | . No otherase. |
| 39. | „ 22. | North-West Hornchurch | Poliomyelitis | Notified from the London Hospital. | |
| 40. | „ 25. | North-W est Hornchurch | . Scarlet Fever | A case of ten days' duration. Not recognised. Removed. |