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B.—RECORDS OF DISEASE.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The diseases treated of under this heading are such as are brought,
to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health by means of notifications.
In the diseases known as Small - pox, Cholera, Diphtheria or
Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, Scarlet Fever, and Typhus, Typhoid,
Relapsing, Continued and Puerperal Fevers, notification is required
by Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever is notifiable under an order of the London
County Council, and Phthisis (Consumption) under a form of
voluntary notification in force in Finsbury.
Measles and Whooping Cough, which are also considered, are not
notifiable, but returns obtained from the Elementary Schools regarding
these diseases permit of the keeping of some sort of record. Diarrhoea,
which is also an infectious disease, is not notifiable, and information
is unfortunately only obtained with regard to cases after death. It
is dealt with at page 49.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The notifications received during 1908, under the Public Health
Act, and of Cerebro-Spinal Fever, under the County Council order,
numbered 654. In 1907 the number was 735, and in 1906, 764.