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This "Whoop" occurs at the end of a fit of coughing, and is
caused by a long-drawn noisy inspiration or in-sucking of air
like that produced when a morsel of food "has gone the wrong
way."
The fatal complications of Whooping Cough are the same
as those of Measles, viz.: Bronchitis and Pneumonia, and in
addition, Convulsions.
Whooping Cough, like Measles, is very infectious, and a
child so suffering must not be allowed to mix with other
children.
It is infectious so long as the Whoop persists. The neglect
and want of proper care and treatment of Whooping Cough
and Measles, where they do not actually cause death, frequently
lead to evil effects which affect the child in all its
after-life; so that it is no uncommon thing to hear that he
or she has never been the same since he or she had the
Measles or Whooping Cough.
J. FRANCIS TAYLOR,
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, Leyton, E.,
November, 1908.