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Notes on some of the children at Bostall Woods who received most benefit.
Celia M., set. 9 7/12. Height 112 cm., deficiency 12.5. Weight 16.8 kilos., deficiency 7.8.
Weight in tenth week 19.6 kilos. Increase in weight 2.8 kilos. Percentage increase in
weight 16.6.
Condition upon admission—Nutrition 2 (5 being maximum mark). Teeth 3 (5 maximum
mark). Tonsils enlarged, glands enlarged. Heart and lungs normal. Very pale and thin.
Joseph W., set. 10. Height 119 cm., deficiency 10.5. Weight 20.7 kilos., deficiency 10.5.
July 25th. Back, cervical caries of the spine. Heart and lungs normal. Tonsils enlarged,
glands slightly enlarged. Nutrition 2. Teeth 3.
August 8th. Tumbled off car in alighting, and cut his head. Stitched up at infirmary.
August 9th. Amount of haemoglobin 60 per cent.
August 27th. Is looking better, more colour, eats well.
September 26th. Amount of haemoglobin 75 per cent.
Weight in tenth week 22 kilos. Increase 1.2 kilos. Increase per cent, of body weight 5.7.
Herbert S., æt. 10. Height 125 cm., deficiency 9.5. Weight 24.1 kilos., deficiency, 6.1.
August 13th. Polypus of ear lately removed. No discharge now. Nutrition 3. Teeth 3.
Glands palpable. Pale. Tubercular type. Phthisis present left lung. Hæmogloblin 75 per cent.
August 27th. No expectoration.
September 26th. Haemoglobin 80 per cent.
Weight at tenth week 26.1 kilos. Actual increase 2 kilos. Increase per cent, of body
weight 8.3.
David McD., set. 10. Height 119 cm., deficiency 9.5. Weight 20.5 kilos., deficiency 61.
August 8th. Nutrition 3. Teeth 3. Glands and tonsils enlarged. Chest normal.
Haemoglobin 65 per cent.
September 26th. Haemoglobin 80 per cent.
Weight at tenth week 21.6 kilos. Actual increase l'l kilos. Increase per cent. 5.3.
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