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INFECTIOUS DISEASE DEATHS AND
NOTIFICATIONS.
General Considerations.—The diseases now notifiable under
Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, are Smallpox,
Cholera, Diphtheria or Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, Scarlet
Fever, Typhus, Typhoid, Relapsing, Continued and Puerperal
Fevers.
Cerebro Spinal Fever, Glanders, Anthrax and Hydrophobia in
man are likewise notifiable in London, under an order of the
London County Council, under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public
Health (London) Act.
Sections 60-65, 68-70, 72-74 of the same Act, referring to the
cleansing and disinfection of premises and materials, and to contact
with, or exposure of infected persons and things have been
made applicable to Measles.
Cases of Anthrax, or poisoning by mercury, arsenic, lead and
phosphorus, must be notified to the Chief Inspector of Factories,
Whitehall.
Phthisis is voluntarily notifiable in Finsbury in the case of
private patients, and compulsorily notifiable in the case of poor
law patients.
Compulsory notifications of poor law patients with Phthisis is
provided for under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1908, of the Local Government Board, which came into force on
the 1st January, 1909.
Outbreaks of Glanders and Anthrax are notifiable to the Health
Authority by the Inspectors appointed under the Diseases of
Animals Act, 1894, in pursuance of the provisions of the Anthrax
Order, 1899, and of the Glanders and Farcy Order, 1907, of the
Board of Agriculture.
Notifications.—The number of notifications of infectious
disease received in 1910 was 455, which is the smallest number
yet recorded since the Borough was formed.