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Stepney 1961
[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.1949/2259. |
| Anthrax | - P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.305); SI.1960/1989. |
| Chicken Pox | - (Notifiable in Port of London only.) |
| Cholera | - P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Diphtheria | - P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192 & 304). |
| Dysentery | - P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI.1953/299. |
| Enteric Fever (including 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.SD. Act, 1955 (S.26). |
| German Measles | - (Notifiable in Port of London only.) |
| *Leprosy | - P.H.Act, 1936 (S.143); SI.1951/1036. |
| Malaria | - P.H.Act. 1936 (S.143); SI.1953/299. |
| Measles | - P.H.(L)Act, 1936 (S.192); 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 | - 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 (3.192); SRO.1938/1100 & 1940/205; SI.1948/420. |
| Yellow Fever | - (Notifiable in Port of London only). |
| Zymotic Enteritis, or Summer Diarrhoea | - (Notifiable in 9 Metropolitan Boroughs only - not notifiable in Stepney.) |
| * Notifiable to the Ministry of Health. | |
| " " County Medical Officer of Health for London. | |