London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Disease | Authority for Notification |
|---|---|
| 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) | Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1953. |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | L.C.C. Order dated 27.2.1912 and Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis and Meningococcal Infection) Regulations, 1949. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1951. |
| Relapsing Fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 192 and 304. |
| Scabies | County of London (Scabies) Regulations, 1943. |
| Scarlet Fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 192 and 304. |
| Smallpox | Do. |
| Tuberculosis | Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952. |
| Typhoid Fever (including Paratyphoid) | Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Sections 192 and 304. |
| Typhus Fever | Do. |
| Whooping Cough | County of London (Measles and Whooping Cough) Regulations, 1938 to 1948. |
For each of the above a fee of 2s. 6d. is payable by the Local Authority
to the medical practitioner if the case occurs in his private practice, or Is.
if the case occurs in his practice as medical officer of a public body or
institution.
†Notifiable to the County Medical Officer of Health for London.