title: The age, nutritional status and major diagnoses of outpatients at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.
abstract: In 1961 a study of the age, sex, race, nutritional status and common diagnoses of children attending the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town during one 12-month period was reported. A similar study was undertaken during two 2-week periods in 1972--1973. Comparison of the studies shows: (i) that a greater number of older children attended the hospital in 1972/1973; (ii) that the proportion of malnourished children whose percentage of expected weight for age was less than 66% had decreased from 8--10% to 5,5--6%; and (iii) that the overall pattern of disease had not changed appreciably, most of the children presenting with minor or preventable conditions.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004813:Epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D010045:Outpatients; D013019:South Africa