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C(2)d. Pertussis.
An outbreak of whooping cough occurred this year in the
town, 99 cases being notified to the department. The epidemic
was of a mild type, mainly limited to the first five months of
the year, 81 of the cases being recorded in the period January
to May inclusive.
No serious complications were noted in any of the cases
so that none received treatment in hospital, and no deaths
occurred. None of the 99 children had received the treatment
for immunisation against the disease. In my opinion this
disease is so distressing in most of its aspects that it is to be
hoped that in the future hospitalisation will be the rule not the
exception for these patients.