McCormick A
Commun Dis Rep CDR Rev. 1993 Jan 29;3(2):R19-25.
For nearly a hundred years, it has been a statutory requirement for doctors to notify a Proper Officer of the local authority (now, usually, the Consultant in Communicable Disease Control) of cases of certain infectious diseases. This prompts local investigation and appropriate action to control the disease. These data are also used for the analysis of local and national trends. This article describes how the notification system has evolved, its legal basis, and some of its strengths and weaknesses, and suggests how improvements could be achieved. Trends in notification data are presented for several diseases and compared with data derived from other sources.
近百年来，医生向地方当局的相关官员（如今通常是传染病控制顾问）通报某些传染病病例一直是一项法定要求。这促使进行本地调查并采取适当行动来控制疾病。这些数据还用于分析地方和国家层面的趋势。本文描述了通报系统的演变过程、其法律依据以及一些优缺点，并提出了改进的方法。文中呈现了几种疾病的通报数据趋势，并与来自其他来源的数据进行了比较。
