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Acute Gastro Enteritis
The order made by the Council requiring acute gastro enteritis to be made a
notifiable disease in the Borough expired on 29th January, 1971.
Since the making of this Order the Health Services and Public Health Act, 1968
came into operation as did the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1968.
These Regulations consolidated into one instrument all existing Regulations relating to
the notification and prevention of infectious diseases.
Whilst the notification of acute gastro enteritis has served a useful purpose, the
Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations contain adequate provisions for suitable
measures to be taken for preventing the spread of infection arising from conditions
which the notification of acute gastro enteritis was envisaged would bring to my
notice.
It was therefore agreed that no new Order be made requiring the notification of
acute gastro enteritis.
Notifications of Infectious Diseases
Disease 1968 1969 1970 1971
Scarlet fever 112 125 79 75
Whooping cough 257 37 200 78
Acute poliomyelitis and acute polio encephalitis 2 — — —
Measles 556 2,115 1,802 410
Diphtheria — — — —
Dysentery 195 201 192 66
Meningococcal infection 6 13 7 10
* Pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal) 29 — — —
Paratyphoid fevers — 2 1 —
*Erysipelas 5 — — —
Food poisoning 157 168 110 68
Tuberculosis
Respiratory system 130 148 110 75
Other forms 12 14 10 11
Malaria — — — —
Puerperal pyrexia 69 — — —
Ophthalmia neonatorum 12 5 3
Acute gastro enteritis 2,031 1,755 1,222 85
†lnfective jaundice 13 43 184 107
†Notifiable as from 15th June 1968
*Ceased to be notifiable from 1st October 1968.
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