Show health board urges care in pealing dealing with whooping cough deaths in caused cause 1938 than diphtheria typhoid or so scarlet arlet rever fever for the year L ending december there were 1988 cases of cough reported in the whooping rho vj b tate ate of utah duchesne Du chesno and wa atch t counties had only three cass each reported salt lake coun y 6 15 uintah 12 and ancl t tall tah a I 1 ste studies jes made by the utah state board ard of health indicate that this ear ar 1938 will ill probably have any more cass cases than last the t mon month th has shown an increase whooping cough t throughout the ate te with two cases reported for esne county during last A K only only 13 13 persons died of n ho hooping cough I 1 in utah last year but our records do not show the numbers that developed complications fol following lowin the disease or the amount of suffering and expense caused by whooping cough whooping cough caused more deaths in utah last year than either cither diphtheria infantile paralysis scarlet fever or typhoid fever nearly all the deaths from whooping cough are from babies and tiny my children under 4 years of age carried by microbes Mic robes whooping cough is carried by microbes mic robes iund and is most apt to be spi spread cad juring during the first 10 days of the cough before the characteristic s whoop develops hence of often en before the diagnosis is made ofton often children are allowed to play with others when they are known to be ill the disease is spread from one child to another takes 1012 10 12 days to develop and remains infectious for 4 weeks upon onset of symptoms whooping cough begins much like ike a common cold if your child has las a cold keep him away from other children and if your childs playmates cough or appear to have olds colds keep him away from them if in spite of care your child seems to be catching whooping cough call your doctor immediately the boctor can do much to relieve the patients distress if examination is begun early he will advise you about diet rest exercise and fresh air for the youngsters this disease may leave your child run down have your doctor examine him thoroughly after he recovers if your child has not had whooping cough ask your doctor about protecting protection him by immunization |