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Stepney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 12.
DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON
| Disease | Authority for notification |
|---|---|
| Acute encephalitis | P.H.Act ,1936 (S.143). SI .1949/2259. |
| Ac. influenzal pneumonia | Do. SRO.1927/1207. |
| Ac. primary pneumonia | Do. do. |
| Ac. poliomyelitis | Do. SI.1949/2259. |
| Anthrax | L.C.C .Order, 1909. P.H.(L) Act , 1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Chlcken Pox | (Notifiable in Port of London only) |
| Cholera | P.H.(L) Act,1936, (S.192 & 305). |
| Continued Fever | Do. do. |
| Diphtheria | Do. do. |
| Dysentery | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143).SRO.1927/1207. |
| Enteric Fever (inc. typhoid and paratyphoid | P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 304) SRO.1927/1207. |
| Erysipelas | P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Food Poisoning | F.& D.Act,1938 (S.17 as amended by N.H.S.Act,1946 (10th Schedule). |
| German Measles | (Notifiable in Port of London only) |
| Glanders | L.C.C.Order,1909 - P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 305). |
| Hydrophobia | Do. do. |
| Leprosy | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143). £1.1951/1036. |
| Malaria | Do. SRO.1927/1207. |
| Measles | Do. SRO.1940/205 and SI.1948/420. |
| Membranous croup | P.H.(L) Act ,1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Meningococcal infection | P.H. Act ,1936 (S.143). St. 1949/2259. |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | L.C.C.Order,1910 - P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 305). SRO.1928/419 1936/971 and 1937/35. |
| Plague | P,HfAct,1936 (S.143). LGB.Regs.1900. |
| Puerperal pyrexia | Do. SI.1951/1081. |
| Relapsing Fever | P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Scabies | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143). SRO.1943/1016. |
| Scarlet Fever | P.H.(L) Act ,1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Smallpoxi | Do. |
| Tuberculosis | P.H.Act,1936 (S.,143). SRO.1930/572. |
| Typhus Fever | P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Whooping Cough1 | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143). SRO.1938/1100, 1940/205 and SI.1948/420. |
| Yellow Fever | (Notifiable in Port of London only) |
| Zymotic enteritis or | (Notifiable in 9 Metropolitan Boro's |
| summer diarrhoea | only-not. notifiable in Stepney). |
+Replaced by SI.1952/704.