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The accompanying tables show the number of patients who
were considered by the health visitor to require examination
together with the proportion of these patients who were found
when examined to be suffering from some recognisable defect.
There were, however, some patients who, when visited, were
found to be already under the supervision of the family doctor or
attending a hospital. These presumably were also suffering from
some sequel to the infectious fever. The number of these patients
is small, and although they have not been examined at the clinic
it must be borne in mind that the proportion of defects shown
in the table is somewhat smaller than it would have been had
these patients also been included.
In the following table the defects discovered by examination
at the clinic have been roughly classified; many patients were
found to be suffering from more than one defect; quite a number
of patients, were on the other hand, found to be healthy. In
every case where a defect was found appropriate treatment was
arranged; healthy children were discharged.
Result
of
Examination
Infectious Disease after which examined.
Measles
Whooping
Cough
Acute Primary
Pneumonia
Diphtheria
Scarlet
Fever
15
Number of patients
found to be suffering
from:
Malnutrition
29
-
13
14
9
Bronchitis
2
-
24
-
Heart Affection
1
2
-
2
4
Tonsils, enlarged or
septic
8
-
12
37
6
-
2
Discharge of Ear
1
3
1
1
2
-
-
Discharge of Eye
-
-
-
1
-
2
Discharge of Nose
-
1
Albuminuria
1
-
2