[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City.

  • Chichester (England). City Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVALEtJCE OF, MD CONTROL PyER, DIPECTIQUS MD OTHER DISEASES. Notifiable Infectio\;is Diseases. The following infectious diseases are, by law, notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health*- Cholera Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) Dysentery Encephalitis (Acute) (infective and Post“Infectious) Enteric (Typhoid and Paratyphoid) Fever Erysipelas / Pood Poisoning or Suspected Food Poisoning Malaria Measles Meningococcal Infection Ophthalmia Neonatorum Plague Acute Primary Pneumonia Acute Influenzal Pnemonia Poliomyelitis (Acute) (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic, including also Acute Polio-Encephalitis) Puerperal Pyrexia Relapsing Fever Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever Smallpox Tuberculosis (Respiratory, Meninges and CoNoS®, and other forms) Typhus Fever Y/hooping Cough Leprosy also became a notifiable infectioiis disease in 1951 but in this instance notifications have to be sent direct by the Medical Practitioner to the Chief Medical Officer at the Ministry of Healthy information would be available locally udienever necessary. ^Details of notifications of food poisoning for the year mder review may be fo\md in Section Y of this report under Inspection and Supervision of Foodo Infectio\Js diseases iidiich are not notifiable are Geiroan Measles, Mumps, Chicken-pox and Influenza, The notifications received from head teachers udien children are absent, suffering from or believed to be suffering from, these illnesses (and the notifiable infectious diseases) are of considerable assistance in gaining information as to the incidence of such diseases amongst the school population of the City, Routine enqxiiries to trace the source of infection, etc,, are made by the Public Health Department officials immediately on receipt of a notification of infectious disease. Advice is given to parents as to home nursing, exclxzsion from schools, etc,, (both of patients and contacts for the prescribed periods), disinfection (carried out, where required, by the Department’s disinfector either terminally or on removal of the patient to hospital) and general measures to prevent the spread of infection. Copies of notifications of infectioias disease are, mder the National Health Service Acts, 1946 - 1948> forwarded to the County Medical Officer within 48 hours of their receipt. In addition, weekly returns are made to the County Medical Officer and the Registrar “General, -11-