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soon as the diagnosis was established the parents were recommended
to seek the appropriate form of treatment from their
private doctor or a hospital. In both cases an appointment or
letter was given so that the minimum amount of delay should
result. Only 52 children were found to be completely healthy
and were consequently discharged; the defects discovered are
classified in the following table:—
Infectious Disease after which examined.
Result
of
Examination
Acute Pri-
Scarlet Diph- Whoop- mary
Measles Fever theria ing Cough Pneumonia
Number of patients
found to be suffering
from:
Malnutrition 16 3 3 2 —
Bronchitis 5 — — — —
Heart Affection 5 4 3 1 -
Ear Affection 2 - 3 - 1
Eye Affection — — 2 — 1
Nose Affection 1 1 — 1 -
Tonsils, enlarged or 22 5 6 2 3
septic
Albuminuria 2 - - - 1
Dental Caries 6 1 2 — —
Skin Disease 2 — — — —
Speech Defect — — 1 — —
Threadworms 1 — 1 — —
POST-NATAL AND SPECIAL CLINICS FOR WOMEN.
The total number of attendances at the Gynaecological
Clinics was 656; of these 231 patients attended for the first time
Twenty-three had inflammation of the genital tract. Most of
these patients were treated at the clinic.