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Stoke Newington 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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VI. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES GENERALLY
The County of London (Measles and Whooping Cough) Regulations,
1938, which came into force on the 1st October, 1938, provide
that sections 192 and 193 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
shall apply to measles and whooping cough as they apply to a
notifiable infectious disease within the meaning of the Act, subject
to certain modifications.
Provided that no certificate shall be required by reason of this
regulation where, to the knowledge of the medical practitioner, a
case of measles or whooping cough has occurred in the house and has
been notified within the two months immediately preceding the date
on which he first became aware of the disease in the case he is attending.

Table: DISEASES COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE IN THE BOROUGH

DISEASES COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE IN THE BOROUGH

Acute PoliomyelitisMembranous Croup
Acute Polio-encephalitisDysentery
Acute Encephalitis LethargicaErysipelas
Acute Primary PneumoniaMalaria
Acute Influenzal PneumoniaPuerperal Fever and Puerperal
Cerebro-spinal FeverPyrexia
PlagueRelapsing Fever
AnthraxSmallpox
GlandersTyphus Fever
HydrophobiaTuberculosis
CholeraScarlatina or Scarlet Fever
Continued FeverTyphoid or Enteric Fever
Ophthalmia NeonatorumFood Poisoning
DiphtheriaMeasles
Whooping cough

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Table IV shows the total number of cases of infectious diseases
(excluding Tuberculosis) notified during the year, the distribution
by age-groups and the number of cases admitted to hospitals.
Notifications.—The total number of cases of infectious diseases,
excluding Tuberculosis, notified during the year was 273, as compared
with 265 for the year 1937.
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