Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Diseases. | Authority for Notification. | |
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Anthrax | L.C.C. Order dated 28.3.1909 and Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Section 305. | |
Cholera | Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 192 and 304. | |
Continued Fever | Do. | |
Diphtheria | Do. | |
Dysentery | Infectious Disease (London) Regulations, 1927. | |
Encephalitis, Acute | Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encepha-litis and Meningococcal Infection) Regulations, 1949. | |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 192 and 304. | |
Erysipelas | Do. | |
Food Poisoning | 'Food and Drugs Act, 1938—Section 17. | |
Glanders | L.C.C. Order dated 23.3.1909 and Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Section 305. | |
Hydrophobia | Do. | |
Leprosy† (as from 22.6.51) | Public Health (Leprosy) Regulations, 1951. | |
Malaria | Infectious Disease (London) Regulations, 1927. | |
Measles | County of London (Measles and Whooping Cough) Regulations, 1938 to 1948. | |
Membranous Croup | Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 192 and 304. | |
Meningococcal Infection | L.C.C. Order dated 27.2.1912 and Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis and Meningococcal Infection) Regulations, 1949. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum* | L.C.C. Order dated 2.11.1910 and Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1926 to 1937. | |
Plague | Local Government Board Order, 1900. | |
Pneumonia (Primary and Influenzal) | Infectious Disease (London) Regulations, 1927. | |
Poliomyelitis, Acute | L.C.C. Order dated 27.2.1912 and Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis and Meningococcal Infection) Regulations, 1949. | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | Public Health (Notification of Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926 and 1928. Replaced by the Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations. 1951, as from 1.8.1951. | |
Relapsing Fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 192 and 304. | |
Scabies | County of London (Scabies) Regulations, 1943. |
* Now notifiable to L.C.C. to whom all notifications are forwarded.
† Notifiable to the Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health as from 22.6.51.