[Problems of epidemiology of acute infectious diseases in the areas affected by flooding in July 1997 in Poland].

In 1997, Poland experienced a flood of high-intensity. Some predicted major threats from communicable diseases caused by deterioration of the sanitary-epidemiological conditions. On the basis of data from 1997, in this article is presented range of counter epidemic measures recommended in the conditions of public health treats caused by natural disasters like floods. Fears regarding health effects of flood were confronted with surveillance data on infectious diseases reported in 1997.