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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
"It is important to remember that children rarely take
Whooping Cough more than once in their lives.
"7.—The matter coughed or spat up by the patient
should be received into a piece of clean paper or rag, and
should at once be burned. All discharges from the nostrils
should be treated in the same way.
"8.—In all cases of Whooping Cough a doctor should
be called in at once.
"9.—When the cough has gone the rooms should be
thoroughly cleansed. All the bed ticks, blankets and sheets,
as well as all clothing which has been worn by the patient
should be washed and well aired, in sunshine if possible.
"P. Caldwell Smith, M.A., M.D., D.P.H., Camb.,
"Medical Officer of Health.
"Public Health Department,
"90, East Hill, Wandsworth, S.W.
"July, 1910."
Other Diseases Notified from Schools.
In addition to the 904 cases of Measles and 919 of Whooping
Cough notified by the teachers of elementary schools, there were
also notified 1,010 cases of Chicken-pox, 1,274 of Mumps, and 510.
of Ringworm.
No action is at present taken by the Sanitary Authority after
notification of these diseases, although during the prevalence of
Small-pox cases of Chicken-pox were visited.
Chicken-pox was most prevalent in Streatham and Wandsworth,
Mumps in Clapham and Wandsworth, and Ringworm in
Clapham and Wandsworth.
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