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hospital, and the experience of Glasgow has not been attended
with very encouraging results.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Thirteen deaths occurred from Whooping Cough. Six of
the deaths occurred in the South-West Ward, four in the SouthEast,
two in the North-East; and one in the North-West
Ward.
Six of the deaths were in children under 12 months old
and the other seven were in children between the ages of one
and five years. The age of the persons attacked constitutes
one of the chief difficulties in the control of the disease. All
efforts must be centered in the home, but unless the child
attends school the sanitary authority is in complete ignorance
of the cases.
Another difficulty lies in the fact that the illness is
ushered in with indefinite symptoms. In the catarrhal stage
the child has the symptoms of an ordinary cold, and there is
nothing to distinguish the cough until it assumes its
" whooping " character.
School children suffering from Whooping Cough are
notified by the teachers, and the houses are visited by the
school nurse and instructions are given as to the isolation of
the patient and general treatment of the illness.
SCARLET FEVER.
Scarlet Fever continued in its prevalence almost throughout
the year. Towards the late autumn the notifications.
diminished in number, but altogether 468 cases were notified.
In 1908, 484 cases were notified, but though the number
notified in 1909 was less the deaths exceeded those of 1908.
16 deaths resulted from the disease last year, compared with
15 in 1908.