[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SECTION IL PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Infectious Diseases The following is a list of the diseases which are now notifiable to the appropriate Medical Officer of Health :— Cholera Diphtheria Dysentery Encephalitis (Acute) Plague Pneumonia, Acute Primary Pneumonia, Acute Influenzal Poliomyelitis, Acute (Paralytic and Non-paralytic) Enteric (Typhoid or Paratyphoid) Fever Erysipelas Malaria Measles Membraneous Croup Meningococcal Infection Ophthalmia Neonatorum Puerperal Pyrexia Relapsing Fever Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever Smallpox Tuberculosis (all forms) Typhus Whooping Cough The Public Health (Leprosy) Regulations, 1951, which came into force on the 22nd June, 1952, made Leprosy a notifiable disease. Notifications of this disease have to be sent direct by Medical Practitioners to the Chief Medica] Officer of the Ministry of Health. Infectious Diseases which are not notifiable are German Measles, Mumps, Chickenpox and Influenza. Copies of notifications of infectious disease are forwarded to the County Medical Officer of Health within 48 hours of their receipt. Weekly returns oi numbers of cases of infectious disease notified are made to the County Medical Officer and Registrar-General. All Medical Practitioners within the area are supplied weekly with the figures showing the prevalence of notifiable infectious disease in West Sussex and also within each ward of the district. When an infectious disease is notified a thorough investigation is carrier out immediately, followed, where necessary, by the fumigation of rooms anc the disinfection of bedding. In the case of children, all contacts are excluded from school for th< regulation periods, as specified in the Memorandum of Closure and Exclusioi from Schools, issued jointly by the Board of Education and Ministry of Health There is complete co-operation between the Sunday School Correspondent and the Public Health Department, and when children are excluded from th< Day School they are also excluded from the Sunday School.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28937259_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
