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To Prevent Spread
Separate the patient from all other children and do not allow
him to attend day or Sunday school or go into the street for as long
as the whoop continues and not less than five weeks from the commencement
of the whooping.
Whooping Cough usually begins like an ordinary feverish
cold, and is infectious from the start. All colds should therefore be
looked upon with suspicion when Whooping Cough is prevalent.
When the last case has recovered, disinfect the sick room by
washing everything you can with soap and hot water; what you
cannot wash should be aired in the garden. Keep the windows
freely open, and take care that the sick child's clothes are washed
before return to school.
Older children who have not previously had the disease must
be kept at home for at least three weeks from the onset of the
disease in the child first infected, and may then return to day or
Sunday school provided they are then free from symptoms.
Those who have already had Whooping Cough may be allowed
to attend the Departments of the School for older scholars, but not
the Infant School.
Infants living in infected houses must be excluded from school
while there is infectious illness in the house.
A penalty of £5 is attached to the exposure of infected persons and things
COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
SUMMER DIARRHœA.
This is the most fatal disease of infants. In all cases medical
advice should be obtained without delay.
No food should be eaten except what is perfectly fresh. Keep
all food covered, especially the milk to be used by a baby.
Milk should not be kept in the house for more than twelve hours
Milk should be boiled shortly before being given to the child.
Mill; should be kept standing in cold water in a cool wellventilated
place, in vessels that have been well-cleansed and scalded
* The feeding bottle should be without a tube and should be
scalded and carefully cleansed each time it is used.
*For further particulars consult the pamphlet on Infant Feeding, which can be
obtained free at the Public Health Department.