In order to try and control outbreaks of infectious diseases, the Public Health Act 1984 requires that all occurrences of certain diseases have to be reported to the local authority. These are known as 'notifiable diseases'.
Our environmental health service receives information on cases and suspected outbreaks of notifiable diseases from doctors, laboratories and the public. We investigate the reports and arrange any necessary action to stop the disease from spreading.
Currently, notifiable diseases include:
- Anthrax
- Cholera
- Diphtheria
- Dysentery
- Food poisoning (or suspected food poisoning)
- Hepatitis A and B
- Legionnaires' disease
- Leprosy
- Malaria
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Mumps
- Rabies
- Rubella
- Scabies
- Scarlet fever
- Tetanus
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid fever
- Typhus
- Whooping cough
- Yellow fever
For further advice or to report a notifiable disease, please contact us.
Environmental Health Services
Millshaw Park Way
Churwell
LS11 0LS
Tel: 0113 247 6286
or email using the link on this page