Consists of papers sent to delegates intended for discussion at the 2nd Meeting of Chief Medical Officer's Communicable Disease Strategy Surveillance Sub-Group held on 13 October 1999.

Includes;

Agenda and covering correspondence, including apologies;

Report from 1st meeting held on 23 June 1999;

Draft chapter by Dr Jane Leese of the Department of Health for the Communicable Disease Strategy on surveillance entitled 'World Class Surveillance', dated 29 September 1999, including comments on this draft from the 6th Meeting of the full Communicable Disease Strategy Group held on 6 October 1999;

Paper by Dr Nicol Black, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, entitled 'Early Detection of Emerging Foci of Infection: Finding a Guiding Star';

Paper by Dr Nicol Black, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, entitled 'Development of an Epidemiological Analysis System for Communicable Disease Control';

And draft paper entitled 'Surveillance of Campylobacter Infection in England and Wales Sentinel Reference Typing'.