The Public Health Act came into force in 1896, instructing municipal councils to keep
a register of Notifications of Infectious Disease. Local doctors notified the Council
when an outbreak occurred. The first entries in Penrith Council’s register were for 1898
and there were thirty-four cases of scarlet fever, three of typhoid, three of enteric fever
and ten cases of diphtheria reported. Council kept records for infectious diseases until as late as 1983.
Castlereagh – Register of Notifications of Infectious Disease
Penrith – Register of Notifications of Infectious Disease
St Marys –Register of Notifications of Infectious Disease