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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SECTION 3.
Infectious Diseases.
The undermentioned conditions are compulsorily notifiable in Holborn: —
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. |
Leprosyf (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. |
*otifiable to L.C.C. to whom all notifications are forwarded,
† Notifiable to the Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health as from 22.6.51.