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Stepney 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 14. DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON
| Disease. | Authority for Notification. |
|---|---|
| Acute encephalitis. | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143). SI.1949/2259. |
| Ac. influenzal pneumonia. | „ SI. 1953/299. |
| Ac. primary pneumonia. | „ SI. 1953/299. |
| Ac. poliomyelitis. | „ SI. 1949/2259. |
| Anthrax. | L.C.C.Order,1909. P.H.(L) Act.,1936 (s.192 & 304). |
| Chicken Pox. | (Notifiable in Port of London only). |
| Cholera. | P.H. (L )Act,193.6 (S. 192 &. 305). |
| Continued Fever. | „ (S.192 & 305). |
| Diphtheria. | „ (S.192 & 305). |
| Dysentery. | P.H. Act,1936 (S.143) SI. 1953/299. |
| Enteric Fever (inc. ty phoid and paratyphoid). | P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 304- SI .1953/299. |
| Erysipelas. | „ (S.192 & 304). |
| Food Poisoning. | F & D. Act, 1938 (S.17 as amended by N.H.S.Act.1946 (10th Schedule). |
| German Measles. | (Notifiable in Port of London only). |
| Glanders. | L.C.C.Order ,1909-P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 365). |
| Hydrophobia. | „ Do. |
| Leprosy. | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143), SI.1951/1036. |
| Malaria. | SI. 1953/299. |
| Measles. | „ SRO.1933/1100. SRO.1940/205 end SI .1948/420. |
| Membranous-Croup. | P.H.(L) Act.1936, (S.192 & 304). |
| Meningococcal infection. | P.H. Act,1936 (S.143), SI.1949/2259. |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum. | L.C.C.Order ,1910-P.K.(L) Act ,1936 (S.192 & 305). SRO.1928/419, 1936/971 and 1937/35. |
| Plague. | P.H. Act,1936 (S.143). LGB. Regs .1900. |
| Puerperal pyrexia. | „ SI.1951/1081. |
| Relapsing Fever. | P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Scabies. | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143)-SRO. 1943/1016. |
| Scarlet Fever. | P.H.(L) Act,1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Smallpox. | „ „ |
| Tuberculosis. | P.H.Act,1936 (S.143). SI .1952/704. |
| Typhus Fever. | P.H . (L ) Act ,1936-(S .192 &304 ). |
| Whooping Cough. | P.H .Act ,1936 (S.143). SRO. 1938/1100, 1940/205, and SI. 1948/420. |
| Yellow Fever. | (Notifiable in Port of London only). |
| Zymotic enteritis or Summer diarrhoea. | (Notifiable in 9 Metropolitan Boro;'s only-not notifiable in. Stepney). |