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Measles cases must be kept out of school for ten days after the
appearance of the rash and may then return if the child is sufficiently well
to do so.
Contacts are not excluded except the under fives, who should be
excluded for fourteen days from the date of appearance of the rash in the
last casein the home.
However, all contacts should be carefully scrutinised daily before
being allowed to go to school, and should be excluded if suffering from a
cough, cold, chill or red eyes. No child .whoas known for certain to have
had the disease need be excluded
The illness can be prevented or modified by the injection of gamma
globulin early in the incubation, period. A small quantity is available to
doctors for cases of special risk.
Health Visitors are informed of notified cases of children under five
years of age so that they may give advice where necessary.
Whooping Cough. Seventeen cases were ^notified in 1962, compared
with .thirty four cases in 1961- There was no death.

Whooping Cough is a serious infection in.early infancy. The danger
of mortality is highest in the first three months of Life and diminishes with
age. Every effort should be made to protect babies and weakly infants
from contact with infection. The vaccines give substantial protection.
Immunisation should commence not later than three months of age.
Cases are excluded from school for twenty eight days from the
beginning of the characteristic cough Child, contacts under seven years
of age should be excluded for twenty one.days from the date of onset of
a case in their home if they have not had the disease.
Health Visitors are informed of.notified,cases of children under
five years of age so that they, may give advice where, necessary.
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