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Among the school children referred to the paediatrician for opinion for the
first time during the year, 35 had a heart murmur which was considered of no
significance and could be ignored; 29 had a cardiac defect, and the majority of
these had been previously recorded by the school doctors.
The 44 cases of true organic heart disease were dealt with as follows:-
Recommended for admission to Heart Hospital Schools 4
Recommended for admission to Day Special Schools 2
Under observation at School clinics by area doctors 37
Out of school 1
During the year 1949 the number of children treated as inpatients in special
heart schools was 12.
The following figures relate to work carried out in connection with children
found suitable for Residential Heart Hospital Schools:-
Number of admissions during the year 5
Number of discharges during the year 9
Number of cases ascertained during the year 3
Highest number under treatment during any one time
(January) 9
Number of cases in Heart Hospital Schools at end of
the year 3
48