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 Westminster, City of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The undermentioned conditions are compulsorily notifiable in Westminster:—
Disease | Authority for Notification |
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Anthrax | L.C.C. Order dated 23.3.1909 and Public Health (London) Act, 193G–Section 305. |
Cholera | Public Health (London) Act, 1936-Sections 192 and 304. |
Diphtheria | Do. |
Dysentery | Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1953. |
Encephalitis, Acute | Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis 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, 1955—Section 26. |
Glanders | L.C.C. Order dated 23.3.1909 and Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Section 305. |
Hydrophobia | Do. |
Leprosy | Public Health (Leprosy) Regulations, 1951. |
Malaria | Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1953. |
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) | Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1953. |
* Notifiable to the Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health
† Notifiable to the County Medical Officer of Health for London.
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