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(1) Grouping according to age at onset of initial symptoms.
(2) Grouping according to ages at time of examination.
In 62 cases (95%) initial symptoms appeared before the age
of 11 years. During the age period 2—7 years, 34 of the children
shewed symptoms.
Family Histories.
In the case of 23 families (35%) either the father or the mother
had had rheumatic fever or chorea. In 12; other cases (18%) a
historv of rheumatic fever was obtained in near relatives of the
parents. In the case of 9 children (14%) their brothers or sisters
had had either rheumatic fever or chorea.
Skin Conditions.
Recorded in 65 cases.
Fair 40 (61.5%)
Dark 25 (38.5%)
Moist skin, history of liability to sweating, etc., was recorded
in 7 cases.
A history of flushings in 3 cases.
Nervous Conditions.
Recorded in 65 cases.
Children recorded as highly strung 52 (80%)
History of headaches 44 (68%)
Night terrors, etc. 10 (15%)
Eneuresis 2 (3%)
Twitdhings 14 (21%)
Catarrhs.
Various, as distinct from tonsillitis, and mainly referred to
the period of infancy and early childhood, viz., 0-5 years.
Reported in 4 cases out of al total of 65 (6%).
Tonsillectomy.
Operation reported in 11 cases (17%).
151 re-inspections were carried out. In 7 of these, the condition
had become worse; 6 were thought to be non-rheumatic;
130 were definitely improved and had become quiescent; and 8
stationary.