London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Fulham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| Disease | Authority for Notification |
|---|---|
| Relapsing Fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 304). |
| * Scabies | County of London (Scabies) Regulations, 1943 |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 304). |
| Small-pox | do. |
| Tuberculosis | Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. |
| Typhus Fever | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 304). |
| Whooping Cough | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143).Regulations made by the Minister of Health, 1938 and 1940. |
| Zymotic Enteritis or Summer diarrhoea (under 5 years of age only) | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 305). |
* A notification is not required where to the
knowledge of the Medical Practitioner, a case of
scabies has occurred in the house and has been
notified within the four weeks immediately preceding
the date on which he first became aware of the disease
in the case he is attending.