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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Stepney 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 17.DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Table 17.

DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

DiseaseAuthoritv for Notification .
Acute Encephalitis.P.H. Act 1936 (S.143); SI. 1949/2259.
Ac.Influenzal Pneumonia." " SI.1953/299.
Ac.Primary Pneumonia." " 1953/299.
Ac.Poliomyelitis." " SI.1949/2259.
Anthrax.L.C.C. Order 1909; P.H.(L) Act 1936 (S.305).
Chicken Pox.(Notifiable in Port of London only).
Cholera.P.H. (L) Act 1936 (S.192 and 304).
Diphtheria." "
Dysentery." (s.143); SI.1953/299.
Enteric Fever (including Typhoid and Paratyphoid)." (S.192 and 304);SI.1953/299.
Erysipelas." (S.192 and 304).
Food Poisoning.F.& D. Act 1955 (S.26).
German Measles.(Notifiable in Port of London only) .
Glanders.L.C.C. Order 1909; P.H.(L) Act 1936 (S.192 and 305).
Hydrophobia." " "
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." (S.192 and 304).
Meningococcal Infection.(S.143); SI.1949/2259.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.L.C.C. Order 1910; P.H.(L) Act 1936 (S.192 & 305); SRO.1928/419, 1926/971 & 1937/35.
Plague.P.H. Act 1936 (S.143); LGB.Reg.l900«
Puerperal Pyrexia." " SI.1951/1081 and SI.1954/1691.
Relapsing Fever." (S.192 and 304).
Scabies." (S.143); SRO.1943/1016.
Scarlet Fever." (S.192 and 304).
Smallpox." "
Tuberculosis." (S.143); SI.1952/704.
Typhus Fever." (S.192 and 304).
Whooping Cough."(S.143); SRO.1938/1100, 1940/205; SI.1948/420.
Yellow Fever.(Notifiable in Port of.London only).
Zymotic Enteritis or(Notifiable in 9 Metropolitan Boroughs only -
Summer Diarrhoea.not notifiable in Stepney).