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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
Membranous Croup. Authority as from 1/4/22).
Erysipelas. Pemphigus Neonatorum (made noti-
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever. fiable by Local Authority as from
Typhus Fever. 29/6/29).
2. Under Regulations of the Ministry of Health.
Plague L.G.B. Order, 19/9/1900.
Puerperal Pyrexia The Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations, 1939.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum P.H. (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations,
1926.
Acute Primary and Acute"
Influenzal Pneumonia P.H. (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery,
Dysentery etc.) Regulations, 1927.
Malaria
Tuberculosis P.H. (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Acute Rheumatism (up to 16 Ilford (Acute Rheumatism) Regulations,
years) 1947.
Measles and Whooping Cough The Measles and Whooping Cough Regulations,
1940.
Acute Poliomyelitis P.H. (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute EnAcute
Encephalitis cephalitis and Meningococcal Infection)
Meningococcal Infection Regulations, 1949.
The Public Health (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Encephalitis, and Meningococcal
Infection) Regulations, 1949.
(These regulations came into operation on 1st January, 19S0. They were designed to
replace, with slight modifications, the Public Health (Cerebro-spina! Fever and Acute
Poliomyelitis) Regulations, 1912, and the Public Health (Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and
Acute Polio-Encephalitis) Regulations, 1918. They introduced nomenclature consistent
with the international standard classification of diseases which was brought into general use
on 1st January, 1950, slightly extend the scope of clinical conditions notifiable under the
head of acute encephalitis, and distinguish between paralytic and non-paralytic forms of
acute poliomyelitis.)
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.