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St Pancras 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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SECTION 3
Notifiable Diseases
The undermentioned diseases are compulsorily notifiable in St. Pancras: -
A. Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Sections 192 and 304).
Cholera
Diptheria
Enteric Fever (including typhoid and paratyphoid),
Erysipelas
Membranous Croup
Relapsing Fever
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever
Small-pox (Variola)
Typhus Fever
B. Under Regulat ions made by the Minister of Health under powers contained
in the Public Health Act, 1936 (Sections 143-146)
Acute Encephalitis (Regulation No.2259s 1949)
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia (Regulation No.299, 1953)
Acute Poliomyelitis (Regulation No.2259 1949)
Acute Primary Pneumonia (Regulation No.299, 1953)
Dysentery (Regulation No 299 1953)
Leprosy (Regulation No 1036 1951) (See (a) below)
Malaria (Regulation No.299 1953)
Measles (Regulation No,1100 1938)
Meningococcal Infection (Regulation No,2259, 1949)
Puerperal Pyrexia (Regulation No.1081 1951 and No.1691 1954)
Scabies (Regulation No. 101-6 1943) (See (c) below)
Tuberculosis (Regulation No.704 1952)
Whooping Cough (Regulation No.1100, 1938)
C. Under London County Council Order - Public Health (London) Act, 1936
(Sections 192 and 305).
Anthrax (1909)
Glanders(1909)
Hydrophobia (1909)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (1910) (See (b) below)
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