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Infectious diseases

There are 30 diseases that must legally be reported to Medway Council. These are known as notifiable diseases and they include:

  • dysentery;
  • tuberculosis (TB);
  • rubella;
  • scarlet fever;
  • salmonella and other food poisoning.

The council's Food and Safety Team is responsible for investigating the source and controlling the spread of notifiable and some non-notifiable diseases.

People who may be suffering from one of these are advised to contact their GP, who may then take a faecal specimen for diagnosis. The results of this will then be formally notified to the Food and Safety Team, who may then contact them. Workers in food-handling environments are obliged to report any food poisoning illness to their employers. Contact the Food and Safety Team to find out who may be in certain risk groups, such as:

  • children aged less than five years who attend nurseries, playgroups etc.;
  • people with learning disablities or special needs;
  • health care workers who have direct contact with patients or their food.

Please send one of these online forms to Medway Council to report:

For more information contact Food and Safety Team by telephone: 01634 333333 or by email: foodandsafety@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Food and Safety Team, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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