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Individual advice on matters of feeding, clothing and hygiene
is given to all the mothers.
A large proportion of infants attending the Clinics are cases
of difficulty in reference to feeding, etc.
Diseases and Minor Ailments, as shown in the following lists,
were discovered at the Clinics. Simple conditions were dealt with
by the Clinic Staff. Cases of more serious illness were referred
to parents' own private doctors or to special Hospitals.
Skin.
Urticaria 45
Impetigo 24
Ringworm, Scalp 4
Ringworm, Body 3
Septic Sores 27
Other diseases (including Seborrhoea) 53
Eye
Blepharitis 5
Conjunctivitis 3
Squint 26
Inflammation of Eye 23
Ptosis 1
Ear.
Otorrhœa 24
Deafness 1
Enlarged Tonsils or Adenoids or both 49
Enlarged Cervical Glands.
Non-Tuberculous 33
Tuberculous 3
Thrush. 22
Heart and Circulation.
Organic Disease 4
Anaemia 27
Lung.
Bronchitis 58
Tuberculosis 1
Other Respiratory Diseases 12