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The following diseases were notifiable in 1927 under the original
Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, and 1899 :—
Smallpox, diphtheria, relapsing fever, xholera, erysipelas,
typhus, plague, puerperal fever, enteric fever, scarlet fever and
continued fever.
and by Orders or Regulations framed under Section 180, Public
Health Act, 1875 :—
Tubeiculosis (all forms), ophthalmia neonatorum, cerebro-spinal
fever, acute poliomyelitis, encephalitis lethargica, influenzal
pneumonia, acute primary pneumonia, malaria, dysentery, trench
fever, and puerperal pyrexia.
The Barking Town (Pneumonia) Regulations, 1924, provides
for the notification of Pneumonia supervening upon Measles.
The total notifications of infectious disease numbered 461,
exclusive of tuberculosis compared with 32S the previous year.
During 1927 the number of notifications of tuberculosis (alL
forms) was 108 compared with 133 in 1926.