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Ilford 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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59
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 Relapsing Fever.
Cholera Anthrax (made notifiable by the Local
Diphtheria Authority as from 1/4/22).
Membranous Croup Pemphigus Neonatorum (made notifiable
Erysipelas 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. (Infectious Diseases) Regulations,
Dysentry
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.