New Zealand Gazette – 1932 – No. 37

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Regulations as to Notifiable and Infectious Diseases.—(H.H. 116.)

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of May, 1932.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Health Act, 1920, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion, doth hereby amend the Second Schedule of the Regulations as to Infectious and Notifiable Diseases made under the Health Act, 1920, and gazetted on the third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, by revoking so much of the said Schedule as refers to “Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina),” and substituting therefor the following :—

“Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina).—The period of isolation in a case of scarlet fever shall be at least four weeks from the date of onset of the disease, and until there is no symptom of disease evidenced by sore throat, suppuring, or recently enlarged glands, eczematous patches, or discharge from ears or nose”;

and, further, doth hereby revoke the Fourth Schedule of the said Regulations gazetted on the seventeenth day of June, 1926, and doth hereby substitute in lieu thereof the following Schedule :—

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Disease. Period of Exclusion from School of Children suffering from Infectious Disease. (Patients.) Period of Exclusion from School of Children exposed to Infection. (Contacts.)
Diphtheria For at least three weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until seven days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate of clearance has been received from an Inspector.
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) For at least four weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed Not to be excluded unless the Medical Officer of Health directs.
Enteric Fever (Typhoid Fever, Paratyphoid Fever) For at least six weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until ten days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate of clearance has been received from an Inspector.
Cerebro-spinal Fever (Cerebro-spinal Meningitis) For at least four weeks from the date of onset of the disease and until a certificate is furnished by the medical attendant that the period of isolation prescribed by regulation has been completed 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until fourteen days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate of clearance has been received from an Inspector.
Poliomyelitis (Acute Poliomyelitis, Infantile Paralysis) For at least six weeks from the date of onset of the disease 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until eighteen days after disinfection of house subsequent to removal. 3. In either case, until a certificate of clearance has been received from an Inspector.
Encephalitis Lethargica For at least six weeks from the date of onset of the disease Not to be excluded.
Consumption (Phthisis, Pulmonary Tuberculosis) To be excluded only if disease is accompanied by coughing or spitting, or if tubercle bacilli be found in sputum faucial, or nasal discharge Not to be excluded unless the Medical Officer of Health or the School Medical Officer directs
Smallpox (Variola, including Varioloid, Alastrim) Until every scab has fallen off and all skin lesions have healed 1. If patient treated at home, until disinfection of house has been carried out. 2. If patient removed to hospital, until sixteen days from the occurrence of last case. 3. If the disease is not epidemic when the first cases occur in a school, all children from the infected home to be excluded from school until sixteen days from occurrence of last case.
Measles (Morbilli) For at least two weeks from the date of the appearance of the rash and until convalescence is satisfactorily established Not to be excluded unless the Medical Officer of Health or the School Medical Officer directs
German Measles (Rubella) For at least two weeks from the date of the appearance of the rash and until convalescence is satisfactorily established Not to be excluded unless the Medical Officer of Health or the School Medical Officer directs


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🏥 Amendment to Regulations as to Notifiable and Infectious Diseases

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
20 May 1932
Health Act, Infectious Diseases, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, School Exclusion
  • BLEDISLOE, Governor-General
  • THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL