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Conditions requiring Hospital Treatment.
These may be classified as follows:—
(a) Abnormal or diseased conditions occurring in the
child; and
(b) Abnormal or diseased condition occurring in the
Mother.
Abnormal or Diseased Conditions occuring in the Child.
With regard to these conditions hospital beds are necessary
in respect of:—
1. Malnutrition—Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.
2. Diarrhoea, Enteritis.
3. Pneumonia, Bronchitis.
4. Measles.
5. Whooping Cough.
Malnutrition—Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus, Diarrhoea, En-
teritis, Pneumonia, Bronchitis.
During the ten-year period, 1906-15, 3,253 children
under 5 died from these diseases, including malformations
and premature birth.
A considerable reduction in the number of deaths, and
a still greater reduction in future adult inefficiency, can be
accomplished by the provision of hospital beds for these
conditions.
The Maternity and Child Clinic provides the means for
the early recognition of any departure from normal health
and must be supported by the means to prevent this developing
into disease or permanent defect. Hospital beds are
essential to this end, and some of the existing accommodation
at the Council's Hospital at Dog Lane is available
for the purpose.