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The following diseases may justify a decision taken on grounds of public health—

(a)

diseases subject to quarantine listed in International Health Regulation No. 2 of the World Health Organisation of 25th May 1951;

(b)

tuberculosis of the respiratory system in an active state or showing a tendency to develop;

(c)

syphilis;

(d)

other infectious diseases or contagious parasitic diseases, if they are the subject of provisions for the protection of public health in the United Kingdom.