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Finsbury 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION F.
Infectious and other Diseases.
Notifiable Diseases.— The following diseases are now compulsorily
notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health in Finsbury:—
Anthrax Cerebro Spinal Meningitis Cholera Continued
Fever, Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup Dysentery
Erysipelas Enteric or Typhoid Fever, including Paratyphoid
Fever Encephalitis Lethargica (Sleepy Sickness) Glanders
Hydrophobia Malaria Ophthalmia Neonatorum (inflammation
of the eyes in the newly born) Polio-encephalitis, Acute Poliomyelitis
(Acute Infantile Paralysis) Pneumonia (Influenzal and Acute
Primary) Plague Puerperal Fever Puerperal Pyrexia Relapsing
Fever Scarlet Fever Small Pox Trench Fever Tuberculosis,
all forms Typhus Fever. Measles and Whooping Cough
are compulsorily notifiable in London by Regulations of the Ministry
of Health. Zymotic Enteritis (Epidemic Diarrhoea) has been made
notifiable by Order made by the Borough Council, and confirmed
by the Ministry. Food poisoning is now notifiable by the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936.
Chicken Pox is not notifiable in Finsbury.
Case Rates of Infectious Diseases per i,ooo Living : —
| Finsbury. | London. | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | o.oo | o.oo | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.53 | 2.05 | 2.41 |
| Diphtheria | 1.77 | 1.90 | 1.58 |
| Enteric Fever | o.oo | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Erysipelas | o.59 | 0.46 | 0.40 |
The total number of infectious diseases notified and those
removed to hospital are set out on the following page:—