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St Pancras 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 3.
Prevalence of, and Control over,
Notifiable Diseases.
The undermentioned diseases are compulsorily notifiable in St. Pancras :—
A.—Under the Public Health (London) Acts, 1891 and 1936 :—
Smallpox (Variola).
Cholera.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
Erysipelas.
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina).
Typhus Fever.
Typhoid Fever.
Enteric Fever.
Relapsing Fever.
Continued Fever.
Puerperal Fever.
B.—Under Special Regulations made by the Ministry of Health granted under
powers contained in the Public Health Acts:—
Plague (1900).
Cerebro-spinal Fever and Acute Poliomyelitis (1912).
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute Polio-encephalitis (1919).
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia (1926, 1928).
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (1926, 1928).
Tuberculosis (1930).
Measles and Whooping Cough (1938).
Scabies (1943).
And the Infectious Diseases (London) Regulations, 1927 for :—
Malaria.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Dysentery.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
And wherein Enteric Fever is defined to include the Paratyphoid group of fevers.
C.—Under a Special Order of the London County Council in 1909 :—
Glanders
Hydrophobia
Anthrax
" when these occur in man
D.—Under Section 17, Food and Drugs Act, 1938 :—
Food Poisoning.
(For information regarding removal to hospital, see " Ambulances," page 13.)