London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
This page requires JavaScript
13.
Continued from previous page...
| Disease | Authority for notification |
|---|---|
| Enteric fever (including | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 304). |
| typhoid and para-typhoid) | Reg.No.299 made by Minister of Health 1953 (l.4.53). |
| Erysipelas | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 304). |
| Food Poisoning | Food & Drug Act, 1955 (Section 26). |
| Glanders | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 305). |
| Hydrophobia | Do. |
| Leprosy | Public Health,Act I936 (Section 143) Reg.No.1036. made by Minister of Health, 1951 (22.6.51). |
| Malaria | Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg. No.299. made by Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.53). |
| Measles | Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Regs.Nos.1100 205 and 420 made by Minister of Health, 1938, 1940 and 1948. |
| Membranous croup | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 304). |
| Meningococcal infection | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50). |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 305) and Reg.No.971 made by Minister of Health, 1926 (1.10.26) amended by S.R.0.1928 No.419 and 1937, No.35. |
| Plague | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143). Regulations of Local Government Board, 1900. |
| Puerperal pyrexia | Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143), Regulations made by Minister of Health, 1951. No.1081 and 1954 No.1691. |
| Relapsing fever | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 304). |
| Scabies (first case in house within 4 weeks) | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143). Reg. No.1016 made by Minister of Health, 1943 (1.8.43). |
| Scarlatina or scarlet fever | Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 304). |
| Smallpox | Do. |
| Tuberculosis | Public Health Act,1936 (Section 1943). Reg.No.704 made by Minister of Health, 1952 (l.5.52.). |
| Typhus fever | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304). |
| 'whooping cough | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143). Regs.Nos.1100, 205 and 420 made by Minister of Health, 1938, 1940 and 1948. |