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*This figure also includes cases notified during previous years
Infectious Diseases Clinic—The weekly clinic at 2 pm on
Tuesdays was continued, and all children of school age who had
been in contact with cases of infectious diseases were seen prior to
their return to school
As in previous years, all children discharged from the Isolation
Hospital or after home isolation for infectious disease were seen,
and particular care was taken to refer all cases with any suspicion
of rheumatism or of cardiac defect to the next rheumatism clinic
Fifteen children were referred, 11 following diphtheria and
4 following scarlet fever One was already attending the rheumatism
clinic before contracting infectious disease, and another
failed to attend Of the remaining1 13 new patients referred, three
had post-diphtheritic carditis and one had carditis following scarlet
fever
The following extract is from Dr Sheldon's report on the
rheumatism Clinic :—
' 'Prevention—The practice of following up children who have
been discharged from the Sanatorium after scarlet fever and
diphtheria has been continued Twelve children were referred to
the clinic in this way and 4 of these were found to have early
cardiac damage
"This method of prevention has now been employed for the
last six years and the results have been analysed and embodied in