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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
Tower Hamlets 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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| Disease | Authority for Notification and Regulations. |
|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1949/2259 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - do - |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143): S.I. 1953/299 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | - do - |
| Anthrax | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1960/1989 |
| Cholera | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 144); |
| Diphtheria | - do - |
| Dysentery | Riblic Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1953/299 |
| Enteric Fever (including Typhoid and Paratyphoid) | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 144); S.I. 1953/299 |
| Erysi pelas | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 144); |
| Food Poisoning | Food and Drugs Act, 1955 (Section 26); |
| Leprosy | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1966/12 |
| Malaria | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1953/299 |
| Measles | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143)1 S.R.O. 1940/204 |
| Membranous Croup | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 144); |
| Meningococcal Infection | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1949/2259 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Hiblic Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.R.O. 1926/971, 1937/35 |
| Plague | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); Regulations of Local Government Board, 1900. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1951/1081, 1954/1691 |
| Relapsing Fever | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 144); |
| Scarlet Fever | - do - |
| Smallpox | - do - |
| Tuberculosis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.I. 1952/704 |
| Typhus Fever | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 144); |
| Whooping Cough | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143); S.R.O. 1940/204 |
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