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"The practice of referring children to the clinic who have
been thought to manifest some rheumatic condition after
discharge from the Isolation Hospital, has been continued.
Twenty-three cases were referred during 1935, and of these
12 were found to have some early cardiac defect. It was
shown in last year's report that the detection of early cardiac
mischief should be encouraged, as the outlook for such
children is immeasurably better if treatment is instituted
before the disease has got far under way."
Rheumatism Clinic, 1935 1934
Number of sessions 46 43
„ „ attendances 857 774
„ „ new cases 216 183
„ „ old cases 641 591
„ discharged 243 145
„ still under treatment 208 23S
„ of new cases with rheumatic or
cardiac defect 93 73-
„ referred to hospital as in-patients 3 4
„ „ „ „ „ out-patients 15 S
„ „ for tonsil and adenoids
operation 18 11
„ ,, for Dental treatment 34 2S
„ „ to Physically Defective
Centre 5 12
,, excluded from school 51 65
„ „ half-time school 5 6-
„ seen after Scarlet Fever 19 15
„ „ „ Diphtheria 3 11
„ „ „ Measles and Pneumonia 1 2
„ „ „ contact with Diphtheria — 1
,, with cardiac defects after Scarlet
Fever 10 9
„ with cardiac defects after Diphtheria 1 7
„ with cardiac defects after Measles
and Pneumonia 1 1
„ with cardiac defects after contact
with Diphtheria — 1
„ referred for convalescent home
treatment 74 74
„ sent away 61 62
„ referred in 1933 and sent away in
1934 — 3
„ referred in 1934 and sent away in
1935 3 —
(in addition to above)
„ refused 2 5
„ withdrawn 4 4
,, waitine 7 5