Waterborne infectious disease in Britain.
The incidence of waterborne typhoid fever and other intestinal infections in Britain since 1937 is reviewed. In the light of the current very low incidence of indigenous typhoid fever, it is suggested that the examination of relevant waterworks staff and prospective employees for carriage of the agents of potentially waterborne disease should be done selectively by appropriate laboratory tests only when indications for them are revealed by medical assessment.
D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004403:Dysentery / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014876:Water Pollution; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*