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M F Total
Cerebral palsy—educable or probably educable 2 4 6
Cerebral palsy with deafness probably educable I 1
Cerebral palsy—ineducable or probably ineducable 3 3
Total 10
Mental defect with minor motor lesion 2 3 5
Post T.B. meningitis—psychological 1 . 1
Minor motor defect—probably normal 1 . I
Total 7
Rheumatism Supervisory Centre
Fortnightly sessions continue to be held at the paediatric department
of the Prince of Wales's General Hospital under the direction of Dr.
Ian M. Anderson, M.D., F.R.C.P., consultant paediatrician. There was a
sharp fall in the number of new cases seen during the year, from 29 in
1956-57 to 9 in 1957-58. Of the nine new cases seen, six were female and
three male and of the total, four were cases of congenital heart disease.
196 children remain on the register of the supervisory centre and of
these 91 made 174 attendances, while in addition a number were seen in
the ordinary paediatric out-patient sessions. These 196 cases are classified
as follows:—
Rheumatic fever 61
Rheumatic carditis 40
Rheumatic fever with chorea I
Rheumatic carditis with chorea 5
Chorea—uncomplicated 5
Rheumatic arthritis 5
Congenital heart lesions 57
Rheumatic pains I
Other cases 21
Total 196
96 males
100 females
89