Table: Table 16
Table 16
Particulars | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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Nominations for treatment under the scheme—Number received from the Council's hospitals | 678 | 761 | 748 |
„ „ „ voluntary hospitals | 619 | 548 | 575 |
„ „ „ rheumatism supervisory centres | 576 | 565 | 578 |
„ „ „ school doctors | 303 | 348 | 338 |
„ „ „ other sources (chiefly private practitioners and welfare organisations) | 221 | 145 | 132 |
Total number received | 2,397 | 2,367 | 2,371 |
Subsequently withdrawn | 55 | 69 | 141 |
Final total | 2,342 | 2,298 | 2,230 |
Examinations by medical referees—Examined and accepted with concurrence of parents | 2,013 | 2,059 | 1,987 |
„ „ „ but treatment refused | 210 | 114 | 122 |
Examined and found unsuitable for institutional treatment | 117 | 113 | 109 |
Awaiting examination, 31st December | 2 | 12 | 12 |
Total | 2,342 | 2,298 | 2,230 |
Treatment—Admitted to rheumatism units | 2,039 | 2,018 | 2,030 |
Died before admission was arranged | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Awaiting admission, 31st December | 45 | 69 | 33 |
Total | 2,085 | 2,092 | 2,067 |
Supervision—Number of children under supervision (31st December) by school doctors. | 2,596 | 2,526 | 2,632 |
Number of children under supervision (31st December) at supervisory centres | not recorded | 5,164 | 5,160 |
Total | — | 7,690 | 7,792 |
Number of supervisory centres | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Number of sessions at supervisory centres | 1,088 | 1,073 | 1,090 |
Number of children attending for first time | 1,921 | 1,920 | 1,885 |
Number discharged as no longer needing supervision | Not recorded | 432 |
Total number of attendances at centres | 15,913 | 15,552 | 15,306 |
Reports by care committees on home conditions | 1,664 | 1,448 | 1,744 |
Number of premises reported to borough medical offficer of health re dampness or to valuer re obtaining of better accommodation | 442 | 335 | 434 |
Rheumatism Units—Nominal accommodation (i.e., number of beds) | 930 | 900 | 900 |
Average number of beds available | 889 | 856 | 835 |
Average number of beds occupied | 803 | 798 | 794 |
Table: Table 17—Admissions to rheumatism units,1938
Table 17—Admissions to rheumatism units,1938
Sex | Rheumatism and/or chorea with cardiac involvement | Rheumatism and/or chorea with no cardiac involvement | Total |
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
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Boys | 363 | 39.5 | 556 | 60.5 | 919 |
Girls | 383 | 34.5 | 728 | 65.5 | 1,111 |
Total | 746 | 36.7 | 1,284 | 63.3 | 2,030 |
Table: Table 18—Discharges from rheumatism units, 1938
Table 18—Discharges from rheumatism units, 1938
Sex | Fit for elementary school or any employment | Fit for P.D. school or light work only | Permanently unfit | Total |
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
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Boys | 716 | 75.9 | 189 | 20.3 | 26 | 3.8 | 931 |
Girls | 887 | 80.9 | 185 | 16.7 | 34 | 2.4 | 1,106 |
Total | 1,603 | 78.7 | 374 | 18.4 | 60 | 2.9 | 2,037 |