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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 597, 7 January 1921, Page 2

Concerning the. clanger of mistaking diphtheria in its early stage for an attack of mumps, the* Hackney (London) coroner uttered a timely- warning to parents. He was holding an inquest on Florence Gould, aged four, of Dais ton, whose parents mistook a swelling behind the ear for the symptom of a cold. The child died from diphtheria, however, without having been seen by a doctor. “It cannot be too widely known among mothers and those having the charge of children,” remarked the coroner, “that some of the worst cases of diphtheria arc in the lirst instance mistaken lor mumps, owing to a swelling of the glands inside the jaw. When this condition is found the child should be given medical attention without delay. Failure in this direction results every year, I am afraid, in the sacrifice of the lives of many children.” Another child in the family concerned was removed to the hospital suffering from diphtheria.