RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Whooping cough—a retrospective study of hospital admissions
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 93
OP 95
VO 27
IS 175
A1 British Society for the Study of Infection
YR 1977
UL http://bjgp.org/content/27/175/93.abstract
AB A retrospective survey was carried out on admissions to hospital for the complications of whooping cough. The number of admissions throughout a decade remained proportional to the total number of cases of whooping cough notified. Children under one year constituted 12.7 per cent of total notifications, but 57.3 per cent of hospital admissions. There were 12 deaths among 2,972 hospital admissions in the years 1965 to 1974; all were in children under 12 months, and ten were in babies under six months.