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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 September 1938, Page 11

“It appears that we are beginning to get another wave of whooping cough,” said an Auckland doctor last week. Auckland had not had a serious outbreak since about 1932 when many children susceptible to the illness" had been attacked. In the intervening six years another large number of children had been born, and they were now liable to the ailment. Many people did not realise how serious whooping cough was in its effects on children, the doctor added. In his opinion every child should receive protective inoculation. Even if whooping cough was contracted inoculation at that late stage would give considerable relief. Chicken-pox was another ailment prevalent now. It was also stated that there were a. number of pneumonia cases.