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Fulham 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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The Agricultural Produce (Grading & Marking) (General)
Regulations, re the National Mark Committee, were made
in 1928.
For list of regulations on notification of infectious diseases
see special list.
No canal boats are registered in Fulham under the Canal Boats
Regulations, 1878 and 1925 (made by the Minister of Health
under the Canal Boats Act, 1877).
REGULATIONS AS TO NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
1. The following diseases must be notified to the Medical
Officer of Health in Fulham under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, sec. 55:—
Smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, membranous croup,
erysipelas, scarlatina (or scarlet fever) and the fevers
known by any of the following names:—
Typhus, typhoid or enteric (including paratyphoid),
relapsing, continued and puerperal.
2. The Local Government Board or the Ministry of Health
have made regulations under the Public Health Acts relating
to the compulsory notification and other matters as follows:—
Public Health (Cerebro-Spinal Fever & Acute Poliomyelitis)
Regulations, 1912 and 1919.
Public Health (Acute Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute
Polio-encephalitis) Regulations, 1918 and 1919.
Public Health (Puerperal Fever & Puerperal Pyrexia)
Regulations, 1926 and 1928.
Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations,
1926 & 1928.
Infectious Diseases (London) Regulations, 1927, (regarding
malaria, dysentery, acute primary pneumonia and
acute influenzal pneumonia).
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham (Measles) Regulations,
1920.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
3. Epidemic diarrhœa in children under five years of age
must be notified in Fulham in accordance with the Regulations
made by the Borough Council in 1919 under section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
4. Cases of lead, phosphorus, arsenical or mercurial poisoning
or of anthrax must be notified by medical practitioners
to the Chief Factory Inspector, Home Office, London, under
the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901.