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getting childhood illnesses in the fifties

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Bellanonna Wed 05-Oct-16 23:21:49

Well, in the forties I had measles, aged 5. I, too, had to sleep in a darkened room. The doctor prescribed M and B tablets. I've no idea what those were. I also had chicken pox and mumps and after one of them had to take iron tonic which was horrendous stuff that turned the spoon black. I learned to toss it down the sink when my mother wasn't looking. I avoided whooping cough thank goodness.

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Cath9 Wed 05-Oct-16 23:06:45

Did anyone get Mumps, measles, chicken box and whooping cough in the fifties, if so were you well looked after?

My mother used to keep a small book that showed which of the illnesses we all had.
I got a bad bout of whooping cough, when I went blue in the face, so I have been told.
When we lived in Scotland and got the milk straight from the cows, my mother was informed that the lumps that my brother got on his neck was mumps. She took him to the hospital to find out that he had TB, not mumps.
When I had measles, the curtains were drawn, but left me to coup with the fever.
While I may have had chicken pox so badly that both my sons are immune to the illness. They have been with kids in their class who have had the condition, but neither of them got the illness

Cath

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