Show whooping cough the bureau of laboratories of the new ne york board of health has been conducting an extensive investigation or of whooping cough and dr paul lut linger reported to the eni cal association of the greater city of now new york some of the results of that inquiry among the roost most interesting con elusions elisions elu reached is that the early part of the disease Is in tho the most infectious Infect loua the bacillus that la Is believed to cause it Is in rarely I 1 found in tho the sputum after the first week of the paroxysmal or whooping stage BO aoth eie would aseem to be no necessity for the child to be kept in III the house for more than a week after the whoop appears doctor luttinger says sayo physicians underestimate der estimate the seriousness of the dis ease and fall to report cases only 26 20 per cent of cues in a certain area were reported and probably not more mor than 10 per cent aro ara reported la in greater now new york |