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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
Camberwell 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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| Disease. | Authority for notification. |
|---|---|
| Food poisoning | Food and Drugs Act, 1938 (Sect. 17, as amended by National Health Service Act, 1946 (10th Schedule)). |
| Glanders | L.C.C. Order, 1909—Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Sections 192 and 305). |
| Hydrophobia | Ditto ditto |
| *Leprosy | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulation (No. 1036) made by Minister of Health, 1951. (22.6.51.) |
| Malaria | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulation (No. 1207) made by Minister of Health, 1927. (1.1.28.) |
| Measles | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulations Nos. 1100, 205 and 420) made by Minister of Health, 1938, 1940 and 1948. |
| Membranous croup | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Sections 192 and 304). |
| Meningococcal infection | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulation (No. 2259) made by Minister of Health, 1949. (1.1.50.) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | L.C.C. Order, 1910—Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Sections 192 and 305) and Regulation (No. 971), made by Minister of Health, 1926 (1.10.26) amended by S.R.0., 1928, No. 419, and 1937, No. 35. |
| Plague | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143). Regulation of Local Government Board, 1900. |
| Puerperal pyrexia | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulation made by Minister of Health, 1951, No. 1081. (1.8.51.) |
| Relapsing Fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Sections 192 and 304). |
| Scabies (first case in house within four weeks). | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulation (No. 1016) made by Minister of Health, 1943. (1.8.43.) |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Sections 192 and 304). |
| Smallpox | Ditto ditto |
| Tuberculosis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulation (No. 572) made by Minister of Health, 1930. (1.1.31.) |
| Typhus Fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Sections 192 and 304). |
| Whooping Cough | Public Health Act, 1936 (Sect. 143). Regulalation (Nos. 1100, 205 and 420) made by Minister of Health, 1938,1940 and 1948. |
* This disease is not notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health but to the Chief
Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health only.
The isolation of all cases of contagious diseases is regarded
as a most desirable measure, especially for those spread by airborne
contagion, such as smallpox. Tubercular diseases are
rarely isolated although unsuspected cases of open tuberculosis,
especially in the latter stages, are responsible for spreading the
disease. No statutory powers exist whereby a patient suffering
from leprosy can be removed to hospital.