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Stepney 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 20.
DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON
| Disease | Authority for Notification |
|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis | P.H.Act, 1936 (s.143); SI. 1949/2259. |
| " Influenzal Pneumonia - | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI. 1953/299. |
| " Primary Pneumonia | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI. 1953/299. |
| " Poliomyelitis | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI .194.9/2259. |
| Anthrax | L.C.C. Order, 1909; P.H.(L)Act, 193& (S.305); SI.1960/1989. |
| Chicken Pox - | (Notifiable in Port of London only.) |
| Cholera | P.II.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304.). |
| Diphtheria - | P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304.). |
| Dysentery Enteric Fever (including | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI.1953/299. |
| 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, 1955 (S.26). |
| German Measles - | (Notifiable in Port of London only,) |
| Glanders - | L.C.C. Order, 1909; P.H.(L) Act, 1936 (S.192 & 305). |
| Hydrophobia | P.II.Act, 1936 (S.143). |
| * Leprosy | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI.I951/IO36. |
| Malaria - | P.H .Act, 1936 (S.14.3); SI.1953/299. |
| Measles - | P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192); SRO. 1938/1100; SRO .194.O/205 and SI .1948/420. |
| Membranous Croup | P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Meningococcal Infection - | P.II.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI. 1949/2259. |
| / Ophthalmia Neonatorum | L.C.C. Order, 1910; P.H.(L)Act,. 1936 (S.192 & 305); SRO.1926/971 & 1937/35; SRO.1928/419. |
| Plague | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); LGB. Reg., 1900, |
| Puerperal Pyrexia - | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI. 1951/1081 and si .1954/1691. |
| 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 | P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Tuberculosis - | P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI.1952/704. |
| Typhus Fever | P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Whooping Cough | P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192); SRO.1938/1100 & 1940/205; 0SI.1948/420. |
| Yellow Fever | (Notifiable in Port of London.) |
| Zymotic Enteritis, or | |
| Sumner Diarrhoea | (Notifiable in 9 Metropolitan Boroughs only |
| - not notifiable in Stepney.) |
* Notifiable to the Ministry of Health.
/ " " " County Medical Officer of Health for London,
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