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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 7
| Disease | Authority for Notification | Statutory Instrument No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis | Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (Section 56) | 1968/1366 | |
| Acute Meningitis | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Anthrax | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Cholera | -do- | (Section 48) | - |
| Diphtheria | -do- | (Section 56) | 1968/1366 |
| Dysentery (Amoebic) | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Dysentery (Bacillary) | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Food Poisoning | -do- | (Section 48) | - |
| Infective Jaundice | -do- | (Section 56) | 1968/1366 |
| Leprosy | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Leptospirosis | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Malaria | - do- | -do- | -do- |
| Measles | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Paratyphoid fever | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Plague | -do- | (Section 48) | - |
| Relapsing fever | -do- | -do- | - |
| Scarlet fever | -do- | (Section 56) | 1968/1366 |
| Smallpox | -do- | (Section 48) | - |
| Tetanus | -do- | (Section 56) | 1968/1366 |
| Tuberculosis | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Typhoid fever | -do- | -do- | -do- |
| Typhus | -do- | (Section 48) | - |
| Whooping Cough | -do- | (Section 56) | 1968/1366 |
| Yellow fever | -do- | -do- | -do- |
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