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Whooping Cough.
There were 11 cases of whooping cough notified during i960 as
compared with 3 in 1959• Although this is an increase of 8 cases
as compared with the previous year, the continued low incidence of
the disease, which is considered to be one of the most serious of
childhood illnesses, is very encouraging.

Immunisation against whooping cough is usually performed as a
combined process with diphtheria immunisation, and practically 10096
of the children being immunised for the first time receive a
"combined" material which affords protection against both these
diseases.
Enteric Fever (Typhoid or Paratyphoid)
There were no cases of typhoid or paratyphoid B notified in
Kingston during 1960 and this is the thirteenth successive year
without notification of enteric fever.
Measles.
There were 11 cases of measles notified during 1960 compared
with 258 in 1959. All were of a mild type and nursed at home.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
No cases of cphthalml a neonatorum ocourred during 1960.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
The maternity block at Kingston hospital serves Kingston and
a large surrounding area embracing a population of some 285,000
persons. During i960, 1,913 deliveries took place in the hospital,
and inevitably some cases of puerperal pyrexia occurred, all of
which were notified to the Medical Officer of Health of Kingston
in accordance with the regulations which define the illness as a
febrile condition occurring in a woman in whom a temperature of
100.4°F. Qr more has occurred within fourteen days after childbirth
or miscarriage.