§ Mr. MANDERasked the Minister of Health whether it is the intention of the Government to make psittacosis a notifiable disease, in accordance with the recommendations of the health section of the League of Nations?
§ Mr. GREENWOODIn view of the obscure nature of psittacosis, I am advised that it is unlikely that any useful purpose would be served by compulsory notification of the disease. Medical practitioners and others have already been invited to report suspected cases of psittacosis to the local medical officer of health or to my Department, and I have no reason to suppose that this procedure is not being followed. The recommendation in favour of notification to which the hon. Member refers is, so far as I am aware, only an expression of opinion by the compiler of a recent review of psittacosis published in the Monthly Epidemiological Report of the Health Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations.