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Stepney 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 16
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. | PiH.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 305). |
| Continued Fever. | " " " |
| Diphtheria. | " " " |
| Dysentery. | P.H.Act, 1936 (S,143), SI.1953/299. |
| Enteric Fever (incl. typhoid and paratyphoid). | P.H. (L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304), SI.1953/299. |
| Erysipelas. | P.H.(L) Act, 1936 (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 & 305). |
| Hydrophobia. | do. |
| Leprosy. | P.H.Act. 1936 (S.143), SI.1951/1036. |
| Malaria. | " SI.1953/299. |
| Measles. | " SRO. 1938/1100, SRO.1940/205 and 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.1 | L.C.C. Order, 1910-P.H.(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 | (Notifiable in 9 Metropolitan |
| or Summer diarrhoea. | Boroughs only - not notifiable in Stepney.) |