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penicillin, the sulphonamides, and D.D.T. continues and every
effort is made by the use of these and other methods to hasten the
recovery of children suffering from minor ailments, and so lessen
the general economic burden which minor disabilities impose.
Infectious Diseases.
There was no serious outbreak of infectious disease during the
year, and the co-operation of the teachers by notification of absenteeism
due to non-notifiable infectious diseases, continues not only to be
valuable, but to be an essential part of the control measures adopted
with regard to infectious diseases.
Rheumatism Clinic, 1946.
Total attendances at Rheumatism Clinic 181
Number of new cases examined 71
Number of cases brought forward from 1945 17
Statistics relating to 71 new cases examined:—
Tonsillectomy performed in 28 cases.
Throat affection in 5 cases.
Environmental Conditions
Number of cases sharing a bed 18
Dampness in bedroom 12
Dampness elsewhere in house 26
Classification of Cases:—
Albuminuria 1
Anaemia and Debility 3
Chorea 6
? Congenital Heart 1
Functional Heart 5
Growing Pains 15
Mitral Stenosis 1
No specific defect 5
Post-chorea 3
Post-Rheumatic Fever 1
Rheumatic Heart 3
Rheumatism 5
Sub-acute Rheumatism 22
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