Rheumatic fever is one of the foremost problems in paediatrics because, except for accidents, it is the leading cause of death among school children (in the United States where statistics are available). Those young people who survive an attack of the disease are often left with damaged hearts which make it necessary to limit normal activity. Many cases of adult heart disease can be traced to attacks of rheumatic fever in childhood. [...]

The developnent of care for mental patients has seen increasing emphasis laid on the social factors involved in the illness. It is thought that a person develops an illness in part through a constitutional predisposition and in part from environmental stress. [...]

This is a study of a group of predelinquent children known to a family agency. The agency record of each child is examined for early signs of his maladjustment and for causal factors which may have contributed to the development of this anti-social behaviour. [...]

A recent publication on the rheumatic diseases points out that the term "rheumatism" has been used for centuries to designate all forms or painful skeletal disturbances, whether muscles, joints, fibrous tissues, or nerves were involved. Present terminology makes use of the expression "arthritis and rheumatism" to describe these diseases. [...]

As a social work student at the Children's Memorial Hospital, the writer became interested in the manifold problems presented in surgery with children. The Children's Memorial Hospital is a teaching hospital and interest in this study was encouraged. [...]

This study is concerned with cancer patients who are cared for at home during some part or their teminal illneas. The problem of chronic illness and disability, of which cancer is only one major cause, is an ever increasing one. A higher incidence of chronic illness can be expected in the years to come because the life span has grown longer, and degenerative diseases become more prevalent as the individual grows older. [...]

Great progress has been made by medical science today toward the successful treatment of many diseases so that they no longer present the same threat to man's existence. Along with this, increasing attention is being directed toward those patients who return again and again to the clinic or the private doctor with complaints for which no organic basis can be found. [...]

Clients tend to bring all their personal, familial and financial problems to a family agency. At the agency they are interviewed by professional social workers with a view to giving help in the area of the client's need. This professional help is called social casework. [...]

The large general hospital which has an obstetrical service plays an important role in the community in terms of maternal care. When, in addition, it maintains an outpatient clinic, it is in a position to encourage adequate pre-natal care as part of its programme. [...]

A study based on some phases of the historical background of child care, some present concepts, and programs of foster convalescent care, the immediate past and present situations as regards convalescent care of children in Montreal.