The Health Act 1956 has a list of diseases that you must tell the medical officer of health about. This list is separate from the diseases that are infectious and can spread to others. You can find this list in a part of the act called a schedule.

The schedule is like an extra page that has more information about the act. It is empowered by section 2 of the Health Act 1956, which you can read more about by following the link to s 2. This means that section 2 gives the power to create this list of diseases.

You can look at the schedule to see what diseases are on the list and what you need to do if you have one of these diseases. The schedule is an important part of the Health Act 1956 and helps keep people healthy. It is used by medical officers of health to track and respond to diseases that are not infectious.