Communicable or infectious diseases in general

For purposes of this Act ‘communicable disease’ or ‘infectious diseases’ means: - (a) anthrax, (b) cerebro spinal fever, (c) chicken pox, (d) cholera, (e) diphtheria, (f) enteric group of fevers, (g) erysipelas, (h) influenzal pneumonia, (i) infective hepatitis, (j) leprosy, (k) measles, (l) plague, (m) rabies, (n) relapsing fever, (o) smallpox, (p) tuberculosis, (q) tetanus, (r) malaria, (s) typhus, (t) virus encephalitis, (u) whooping cough, and (v) any other disease which the Government may, from time to time, by notification declare to be a communicable disease either generally throughout the territory or part thereof.