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Ilford 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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32
SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health:—
1. Under Sections 144 and 343, Public Health Act, 1936.
| Smallpox. | Typhoid Fever. |
| Cholera. | Enteric Fever or Relapsing Fever. |
| Diphtheria. | Anthrax (made notifiable by the Local Authority as from 1.4.22). |
| Membranous Croup. | |
| Erysipelas. | Pemphigus Neonatorum (made notifiable by Local Authority as from 29.6.29). |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. | |
| Typhus Fever. | |
| 2. Under Regulations of the Ministry of Health. | |
| Plague | L.G.B. Order, 19.9.1900 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | The Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1939. |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever Acute Poliomyelitis | P.H. (Cerebro-spinal Fever and Acute Poliomyelitis) Regulations, 1912. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | P.H. (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1926. |
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | P.H. (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.) Regulations, 1927. |
| Dysentery | |
| Malaria | |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | P.H. (Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute Polio-encephalitis) Regulations, 1918. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | |
| Tuberculosis | P.H. (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. |
| Acute Rheumatism (up to 16 years). | Ilford (Acute Rheumatism) Regulations, 1947. |
| Measles and Whooping Cough | The Measles and Whooping Cough Regulations, 1940. |
| 3. By Local Act. | |
| Food Poisoning | Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, and Food and Drugs Act, 1938. |
In addition to the above diseases notifiable to the Medical Officer of
Health, certain industrial diseases are notifiable to the Chief Inspector of
Factories, Home Office, under Section 66 of the Factories Act, 1937. These are
cases of Lead, Phosphorus, Arsenical or Mercurial Poisoning or Anthrax
contracted in any factory. The Secretary of State can add other diseases to
those mentioned by Regulation.