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The Public Health (Leprosy) Regulations, 1966
These Regulations provide, inter alia, for the notification of
leprosy by medical practitioners to the Medical Officer of Health in
whose district the patient is resident at the time of diagnosis. On
receipt of such a notification, a copy shall be sent forthwith to the
Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health and similarly, if
the patient is ordinarily resident in another district, to the Medical
Officer of Health of that other district.
The Regulations came into operation on 1st March, 1966, and
revoked those made in 1951, which required leprosy to be notified
by medical practitioners direct to the Ministry's Chief Medical
Officer.
The Chief Medical Officer has requested Medical Officers of
Health to maintain strictly confidential records and to inform him
at the end of February each year, of changes as they occur and the
names and addresses of leprosy cases domiciled in their respective
districts including hospital in-patients.
The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations, 1966 and The Public Health
(Ships) Regulations, 1966
These Regulations came into operation on 1st April, 1966 and
consolidate The Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1952 to 1963
and The Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1952 to 1963 respectively,
which provided for public health control of aircraft and ships
arriving in or leaving England and Wales. They also make minor
amendments which ensure conformity with the current International
Sanitary Regulations of the World Health Assembly and, in respect
of the Aircraft Regulations, continue public health control at
aerodromes transferred by the Airports Authority Act, 1965, from
the Minister of Aviation to the British Airports Authority.
The total number of Infectious Diseases notified under Section
144 of the Public Health Act, 1936 and associated Regulations was
1,614. Under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952,
there were 76 notifications giving a consolidated total of 1,690 cases
notified during the year. However, 1 case was not confirmed thus
giving a corrected figure of 1,689 compared with 3,079 for the year
1965. This decrease of 1,390 is largely accounted for by the biennial
fluctuation in measles notifications.
Particulars of age groups, by sex and districts, are shown in the
table given in the Appendix.
National Insurance Act, 1946
From time to time it is necessary for the Medical Officer of
Health to insist that a suspected 'carrier' of, or a person in contact
with, an infectious disease should be precluded from working in
order that the risk of transmission of the disease is minimised. This
is especially necessary when the person concerned is a 'food handler'.