Diseases, usually of an infectious nature, which are required by law to be made known to the local health protection team. (See INFECTION.) Certain occupational diseases are also notifiable. (There are some differences in Scotland.)
The list in Scotland is a little different. For more information on a specific disease, refer to the separate dictionary entry.
Acute encephalitis
Acute Infectious Hepatitis
Acute meningitis & meningococcal septicaemia
Acute poliomyelitis
Anthrax
Botulism
Brucellosis
Cholera
Diphtheria
Dysentery (amoebic or bacillary)
Enteric Fever (Typhoid, paratyphoid)
Food poisoning
Haemolytic-Uraemic Syndrome
Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease
Legionnaires’ Disease
Leprosy
Malaria
Measles
Mumps
Plague
Rabies
Rubella
Scarlet fever
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Typhus
Viral haemorrhagic fever (including Lassa fever)
Whooping cough
Yellow fever
Reporting AIDS (see AIDS/HIV) is voluntary (and in confidence) to the Director, Communicable Diseases Surveillance Centre (PHLS).