Whooping
cough was first identified in 1578. A highly contagious respiratory
disease that is characterized by paroxysms of coughing. Until the
20th century serious complications such as broncho-pneumonia, could
lead to death. There now exists a vaccine that confers active immunity
against whooping cough. Antibiotics can also be given to combat secondary
infections.
(1)
Edwin Chadwick, The Sanitary
Conditions of the Labouring Population (1842)
| Number
of Deaths in 1838 and 1839 |
| Disease |
1838 |
1839 |
| Typhus |
24,577 |
25,991 |
| Smallpox |
16,268 |
9,131 |
| Measles |
6,514 |
10,937 |
| Whooping
Cough |
9,107 |
8,165 |
| Consumption
|
59,025 |
59,559 |
| Pneumonia |
17,999 |
18,151 |
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