A regular feature looking back at what was being printed more than 100 years ago in the Bristol Daily Courier. This week’s entry comes from the October 1, 1920 edition of the newspaper.
Children Suffering Whooping Cough Danger To Others
Considerable complaint is being made that parents are permitting children afflicted with whooping cough to mingle with other children, or are taking them into public places without proper consideration for the welfare of others.
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It is not quite certain what steps/ can be taken to break up the trouble. Whooping cough is a peculiar disease, and comparatively few cases are reported although it is certain that there are a great many cases existing in Bristol at the present time. Parents use home remedies, do not call in a physician and consequently the health authorities receive no notification of the existence of the ailment.
Particular complaint is made that people take children afflicted with the disease into the motion picture theatres. Here the children are frequently seized with serious coughing spells. which nut only prove a great annoy-‘ ‘ mice to other persons in the vicinity ‘ but in addition carry danger to other children.
The health authorities have asked the managers of the theatres to cooperate in the matter, and to have their special officers keep on the lookout for whooping children in the theaters. Where youngsters are discovered, and it is claimed that discovery is comparatively easy, the officers are asked to take the name of the parents – and report the matter to the health authorities. The proper steps to quarantine the child and warn the parents against violation of the law by taking the children into the amusement places can then be taken.
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