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Rheumatism Supervisory Centre
48 children made 94 attendances during the year at fortnightly
sessions held in the Paediatric Department of the Prince of Wales's
General Hospital under the direction of the Consultant Paediatrician
Dr. I. M. Anderson, M. D., F. R. C. P. Seven of these were new
cases, one girl and six boys, and in them the following diagnoses
were established:-
Total In Tottenham Outside Areas
Rheumatic Fever 3 1 2
Rheumatic Carditis 1 - 1
Congenital Heart Lesions 2 2 -
Other cases (Innocent
Murmur) 1 1 -
There were seven removals during 1961 leaving 202 children
on the register of the Supervisory Centre at the end of the year.
These 202 have been classified as follows:-
Total In Tottenham Outside Areas
Rheumatic Fever 66 42 24
Rheumatic Carditis 42 29 13
Rheumatic Carditis with
Chorea 4 4 -
Chorea - uncomplicated 5 4 1
Rheumatic Arthritis 5 1 4
Congenital Cardiac Lesions 54 34 20
Streptoccocal Allergy 3 2 1
Other cases 23 19 4
202 135 67
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