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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

Stepney 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 19DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Table 19

DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

DiseaseAuthority for Notification
Acute EncephalitisP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143), SI.1949/2259.
Ac. Influenzal PneumoniaDo. SI.1953/299.
Ac. Primary PreumoniaDo. SI.1953/299.
Ac. PoliomyelitisDo. SI.1949/2259.
AnthraxL.C.C. Order, 1909; P.H.(L) Act, 1936. (S.192 and 304).
Chicken Pox(Notifiable in Port of London only).
CholeraP.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 305).
DiphtheriaDo.
DysenteryP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143), SI.1953/299.
Enteric Fever (incl. Typhoid and Paratyphoid)P.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304), SI.1953/299
ErysipelasDo. (S.192 & 304).
Food PoisoningF.& D. Act, 1955 (S.26).
German Measles(Notifiable in Port of London only).
GlandersL.C.C. Order, 1909; P.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 and 305).
HydrophobiaDo. Do.
LeprosyP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143), SI.1951/1036.
MalariaDo. SI.1953/299.
MeaslesDo. SRO.1938/1100, SRO.1940/205 & SI.1948/420
Membranous CroupP.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304).
Meningococcal InfectionP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143), SI.1949/2259.
Ophthalmia NeonatorumL.C.C. Order, 1910; P.H.(L) Act, 1936, (S.192 & 305), SRO.1928 /419, 1926/971 & 1937/35
PlagueP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143); LGB.Reg.1900.
Puerperal PyrexiaDo. SI.1951/1081 and SI.1954/1691.
Relapsing FeverP.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304).
ScabiesP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143), SRO.1943/1016.
Scarlet FeverP.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304).
SmallpoxDo.
TuberculosisP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143), SI.1952/704.
Typhus FeverP.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304).
Whooping CoughP.H. Act, 1936 (S.143), SRO.1938/1100, 1940/205 & SI.1948/420
Yellow Fever(Notifiable in Port of London only).
Zymotic Enteritis or Summer Diarrhoea(Notifiable in 9 Metropolitan Boroughs only -not notifiable in Stepney).