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"During the year, 16 children who have previously been
excluded from games were allowed to resume exercises. After this
has been allowed they are then followed up in order to be sure
that this resumption of games is not interfering with their health,
and I am glad to say that all those children who were returned to
games were able to continue on this regime throughout the year.
"Once again with the co-operation of the Medical Officer of
Health, children have been examined with special reference to their
hearts following their discharge from the Isolation Hospital, and
those children whose hearts appeared abnormal were referred to the
clinic. In this way 10 children were referred to the clinic following
discharge after scarlet fever, and of these, 3 were found to show
evidence of early rheumatic carditis, while of 13 who were referred
to the clinic following discharge after diphtheria, 4 were found to
have signs of cardiac damage. These cases have remained under
supervision and their progress has been one of slow improvement.
"It is also a pleasure to record again the help received from
the Walthamstow branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association;
indeed, it would be difficult to run the clinic to a successful issue
without this continued support. During the year, 40 children have
been referred for convalescent home treatment, and 37 have actually
been sent to the seaside or country."