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History of Patients after leaving school.
During 1935 four children ceased to attend school and are occupied as follows: —
(1) Boy (H. T., æt. 15) is an office boy. '
(2) Girl (V. R., æt. 14) removed.
(3) Girl (P. C., æt. 14) is a shop assistant.
(4) Girl (E. R., æt. 14) is a shorthand typist.
Six children reached the age of 16 during 1935, and still continue their previous
employment.
Holidays for Rheumatic Children.
An annual holiday in the country or by the sea is of benefit to all children;
it is even more necessary for children who are handicapped by rheumatism.
Co-operation with the school organisation was continued, and in nearly
every case a holiday was arranged for each child who was physically fit for a holiday
home, special arrangements being made for those attending schools for the
physically defective.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever.
Enteric Fever.
Two cases were notified. In the first, a nurse at a voluntary hospital,
bacteriological examination was positive for Paratyphoid C. The patient was a
female, aged 19 years. The source of infection was not traced.
The second case was a professional dancer. Bacteriological examination
gave a Widal reaction positive to B. Typhosus; and a diagnosis of enteric fever
was thus confirmed. Prior to his illness the patient had been a member of a
touring company, visiting a number of provincial towns.
There were 187 cases of enteric fever in London with 17 deaths.
Typbus Fever.
No case of typhus fever was notified during the year in the Borough or in
London.
Cerebro-spinal Fever.
One case of Cerebro-spinal fever was notified in the Borough.
One hundred and six cases were notified in London, giving rise to 69
deaths.
Dysentery.
Six cases of dysentery were notified. One was of the Flexner type—a chronic
case of illness, originally contracted in India. The remaining five cases (two
adults and three children) were of the Sonne type; and the source of infection was
not traced. All were treated in hospital.
One hundred and ninety-nine cases were notified in London with 24 deaths.