The Incidence of Rheumatic Infection in India

1. Type incidence Of the 76 admissions for acute rheumatic infection (see table I) in King George's Hospital, the admission rate for 1,000 medical admissions works out at 6. Of these admissions 32 or 42 per cent were for acute rheumatic fever (polysynovitis), 39 or 52 per cent were for acute carditis, and 6 per cent were for chorea. A few examples of rheumatic nodules were observed amongst the polysynovitis and carditis groups. Some 4 or 5 cases of typical erythema nodosum have been observed by Dr. T. Bahadur, physician in charge of skin out-patients, during the past 10 years.