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Whooping Cough

Immunisation against whooping cough is usually performed as a
combined process with diphtheria immunisation, and practically 100%
of the children being immunised for the first time receive "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 1962 and this is the fifteenth successive year without
notification of enteric fever„
Measleso
There were 19 cases of measles notified during 1962 compared
with 447 in 1961.
1962 was a non-epidemic year, but the beginning of the biennial
epidemic which is expected to reach a peak in the early part of 1963,
was evident from the increase in the number of notifications received
in the last few weeks of the year,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
No cases of ophthalmia neonatorum occurred during 1962,
Puerperal Pyrexia,
The maternity block at Kingston Hospital serves Kingston and a
large surrounding area embracing a population of some 285,000 persons,
During 1962, l,88l deliveries took place in the hospital, and inevitably
some eases of puerperal pyrexia occurred, all of which were
notified to the Medical Officer of Health in accordance with the
regulations which define the illness as a febrile condition occurring
in a woman in whom a temperature of 100,40F, or more has occurred
within fourteen days after childbirth or miscarriage,
During 1962, 38 oases were notified from Kingston Hospital, 9 of
which referred to Kingston residents, These figures compare with 89
and 24 respectively for 196l,