Increase Of Mumps
The number of cases of mumps increased from 64 to 93, measles from one to 12, whooping cough from eight to 43, and tonsilitis from 210 to 278, says a report for the four weeks ended October 2 issued by the research committee of the Canterbury faculty of the College of General Practitioners.
Eighty-nine children and nine adults suffered from otitis media (middle ear disease). Among the children, 65 of the cases were catarrahl, 22 were suppurative, 85 were acute, and four were chronic. The average time that elapsed before a doctor was called or consulted was 32 hours. With diarrhoea and vomiting cases respiratory infections were less severe and concerned mainly children but there were still some severe influenza cases with bronchitis. •
Two previously Immunised children, aged three, contracted probable mild whooping cough. There was an unusually small incidence of infectious diseases.
The number of cases reported for the period was 1616 from 75 returns, compared with 1539 cases from 69 returns for the previous four weeks.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31195, 20 October 1966, Page 14
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