Control of specific diseases
Early diagnosis by clinicians, prompt treatment of cases and early reporting by microbiologists and clinicians to the UKHSA Health Protection Team are essential in enabling prompt public health action for diseases such as meningococcal infection. For other diseases such as gastrointestinal infections, initial reporting may be through local authority environmental health officers.
The tables below present data on the notifications received for specific communicable diseases. It is important to note that at a local authority level and at a regional level often the numbers of reported diseases are very low, and this can mean that there is significant variation from year to year as the rate is affected by a slight increase or decrease.
Table 12: Measles, mumps, meningococcal disease, and whooping cough notifications 2022
| Measles | Meningococcal | Mumps | Whooping cough | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East | Q1- Q3 | count | 51 | 17 | 338 | 33 |
| rate | 2.4 | 0.7 | 16.7 | 1.45 | ||
| North Tyneside | Q1- Q3 | count | * | * | 30 | * |
| rate | 0.5 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 |
In 2022 notifications for measles and whooping cough in North Tyneside were lower than Northeast rate. There were higher rates of notifications for mumps in Northeast.
There were no confirmed cases on tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) or rubella in North Tyneside in 2022. There were 36 cases in the Northeast of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in 2022.