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290. Diseases. Most infants attending the Centre for the first time were found to require medical treatment. The numbers suffering from the more prevalent diseases and disorders are shown in the following table:
Wanchai Kowloon Digestive disturbances 784 858 Malnutrition 652 485 Infected Umbilicus 63 60 Umbilical Hernia 37 30 Conjunctivitis 499 268 Discharging Ears 30 37 Thrush 258 246 Skin diseases 371 286 Phimosis 308 90 Jaundice 64 24 Anaemia 35 47 Congenital syphilis 104 64 Rickets 6 ... Respiratory diseases 749 496291. Venereal Diseases. The routine examination of the blood of the mothers of all new cases for Wasserman reaction was continued with the following results:
Wanchai Kowloon Number of examinations made 1,388 878 Number of positive reactions 8% 8%292. At the Wanchai Centre it has been found a great assistance having the Venereal Disease Clinic in the same building, and cases requiring treatment have been referred there.
293. At Kowloon, such cases have been sent to the Kowloon Hospital Clinic or to that at Tsim Sha Tsui.
294. Soup Kitchen. The free distribution of soup to poor nursing mothers and older babies was continued at both centres. The numbers are as follows:
At Wanchai - an average of 73 per day.
At Kowloon - an average of 30 per day.
295. The Society for the Protection of Children. This society continued to give us valuable help by supplying milk for artificial feeds to poor mothers who were referred to them by us.