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an enquiry into the past history of all the cases that
had occurred during the first six months of the year
and the following remarks from the notes are illuminating:—
Case I.—The mother states that this child is now
reported from school as being slow and
irritable.
Case II.—Apparently recovered but still attends
hospital as an out-patient; has developed a
pronounced stoop and suffers from sleeplessness.
Case III.—Partially recovered but still gets drowsy
periods.
Case IV.—This patient appears to have made an
almost complete recovery, but still finds any
heavy work beyond his power.
Case V.—Mother says the patient is still rather
nervous and unable to sleep properly.
Case VI.—Fairly complete recovery but not yet
quite her normal self. Still receiving medical
attention; has grown very stout since the
illness and has developed studious habits.
In this latter case the alteration in the habits seems
to have been one for the child's good, which is rather
unusual. A very noticeable fact which came out in this
enquiry was that the great majority of these patients
appear to be still either attending their own doctor or
a hospital out-patients' department many months after
their apparent recovery from the acute stage. The
Ministry of Health at the present time is taking particular
interest in this disease and local education
authorities are also being encouraged to study it with
a view to providing proper educational facilities for
children who may be mentally affected by it.
Venereal Diseases.—The education of the public on
tne subject of venereal diseases is carried out in the
borough by a local voluntary committee under the
auspices of the National Council for Combating Venereal