Hooping-cough and measles as notifiable diseases

Quinine in Hooping Cough

of July last in nay family, and I venture to think a few brief notes <>f them may not be devoid of intei'est, as the remedy I found successful in their treatment?quinine,?has been only recently noticed in the columns of Lancet, and well deserves to be widely known. Case 1.?An infant ten months old, stout and healthy, but teething, was brought iu contact with another child convalescing from hoop...

Indifferent reporting of notifiable diseases.

Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2006: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

In 2006, 66 diseases and conditions were nationally notifiable in Australia. States and territories reported a total of 138,511 cases of communicable diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System: an increase of 10.4% on the number of notifications in 2005. In 2006, the most frequently notified diseases were sexually transmissible infections (57,941 notifications, 42% of tota...

Morbidity in whooping cough and measles.

Parents of 99 children who were admitted to hospital with whooping cough or measles, and of 50 children with whooping cough or measles who were nursed at home, were interviewed to determine the extent of morbidity and its effects on the family. Children admitted with whooping cough or measles spent a mean of 12.6 and 5.8 days in hospital, respectively. Time to full recovery was 13.7 and 2.1 wee...

Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2002: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

There were 57 infectious diseases notifiable at the national level in Australia in 2002. States and territories reported 100,278 cases of infectious diseases to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), a fall of 4 per cent compared to the number of notifications in 2001. In 2002, the most frequently notified diseases were, sexually transmitted infections (31,929 reports, 32...