Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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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 Section 144 and 343, Public Health Act, 1936.
Smallpox Relapsing Fever.
Cholera Anthrax (made notifiable by the Local
Diphtheria Authority as from 1/4/22).
Membranous Croup Pemphigus Neonatorum (made notifiable
F.rysipelas by the Local Authority as from
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever 29/6/29).
Typhus Fever
Enteric fever (Typhoid and
Para-typhoid)
2. Under Regulations of the Ministry of Health.
Plague L.G.B. Order, 19/9/1900.
Puerperal Pyrexia The Puerperal Pyrexia (Amendment)
Regulations, 1954.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum P.H. (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations,
1926.
Acute Primary and Acute)
influenzal Pneumonia ) P.H. (Infections Diseases) Regulations,
Dusentary ) 1953 and 1960.
Malaria )
Anthrax )
Tuberculosis P.H. (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952.
Acute Rheumatism (up to 16 The Acute Rheumatism (Amendment)
years) Regulations, 1958.
Measles and Whooping Cough The Measles and Whooping Cough
Regulations, 1940.
Acute Poliomyelitis ) P.H. (Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute
Acute Encephalitis ) Encephalitis and Meningococcal
Meningococcal Infection) Infection) Regulations, 1949.
3. By Local Act.
Food Poisoning Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, and Food
and Drugs Act, 1955.