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accrue as to the lung conditions which are the direct result of
Measles, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis in very young children.
The cases represented by the percentage figure 10 9 are all
of Pulmonary Fibrosis with Bronchiectasis, and each case furnishes
the medical history of an attack of Measles, followed by
either Bronchitis or Pneumonia, and, in turn, an attack of Whooping
Cough.
My figures are, however, too small as yet to justify any very
general statements.
Twenty-six cases have been primarily notified to the Medical
Officer of Health by myself from the Dispensary.
There are 126 patients' names on the register who have been
in receipt of systematic treatment, viz.:—
Males. Females. Children. Total.
30 38 58 126
Of these there are notified cases as follows: —
Males. Females. Children. Total.
27 27 19 73
At the end of the current year there were 113 names on the
Dispensary books of persons actually receiving systematic treatment,
viz.:—
Males. Females. Children. Total.
24 35 54 113
The difference, 13, was disposed of as follows:—
Males.
1 Dead.
2 Infirmary—for economic reasons.
2 Sent to Sanatoria.
1 Too ill to attend.
Females.
1 Sent to Hospital.
1 Advised by her own doctor not to attend.
1 Infirmary—for economic reasons.