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  1. Wilson T, Chan CH
    Lower Perak, an alluvial plain, much of it below spring tide levels, lies between tidal reaches of the large Perak and Bernam rivers. It has a mixed rural population, about 40 per cent. being Malaysians. Inspection, with individual card records, was made of 2, 388 boys in vernacular schools aged 6 to 16 years, local prejudice exempting girls. The diet, largely rice, of these children appears deficient in animal protein, and probably in calcium, iron, phosphorus, and vitamin B. They show few signs of deficiency diseases, have a dental caries rate of about 70 per cent., and one-third had poor muscular development. They suffer mainly from fever, anaemia and skin infections. * An asterisk denotes that the paper dealt with is thought to be of more than ordinary interest to tropical readers. As ages were quite unreliable, only the 513 presenting birth certificates were grouped to the nearest birthday. [img 1T161260A.tif] Comparisons are made with the Baldwin-Wood scale for American medium type boys, who at every age are of superior weight. Full correlation tables are given for the 513 and 2, 388 boys. To eliminate doubtful ages the, Baldwin-Wood tables were used to calculate the mean weights of Americans at the height of the Perak boys, and now the Americans only [img 1T161260B.tif] come out slightly higher than these. The essential difference therefore seems to be more a matter of size and physical development in relation to age, than any significant change in-ratios at different ages. Comparison was made with Kedah measurements. This is a similar district 120 miles north of Lower Perak. Curves are used which are not strictly comparable, as some girls were included, but Dr. J. H. STRACHAN took out the figures of 1, 018 Kedah boys. These are compared with the 2, 388 Perak boys, in weight for inches in height. Although the conditions and districts seem in all respects similar the Kedah boys are significantly lighter for all heights. No explanation has been found for this. The authors insist on the usefulness of correlation tables. " It is obvious that the medium American boys are much heavier than the Malaysian children. But the second American weight/height curve seems to show that if one selects for comparison boys of the same stature at each age, the American boys would be on the whole only slightly heavier than the Lower Perak boys." This investigation has got the utmost value from rather unpromising materials. Any school worker will gain some new viewpoints from its careful perusal. James Kerr.
    Matched MeSH terms: Students
  2. APPLEBEE RK
    Nurs Times, 1950 Jun 17;46(24):640.
    PMID: 15423798
    Matched MeSH terms: Students*
  3. Edeson JFB, Wharton RH
    Med J Malaya, 1950;4:281-283.
    In a Malay school, 150 school boys, all clinically positive for scabies, were divided into three approximately equal groups. The first group was treated with 0.5 per cent γ BHC [' Gammexane'] in coconut oil, the second with 20 per cent emulsion of benzyl benzoate and the third, as a control, with coconut oil. Each group received two treatments with a week's interval between. One week after the second treatment the patients were re-examined for clinical evidence of scabies. The percentage of cases recorded as cured after the two treatments was 48 for γ BHC, 39 for benzyl benzoate and 9 for coconut oil. [This paper is a good example of the danger of estimating the chemotherapeutic value of sarcopticidal drugs on purely clinical evidence.]
    Matched MeSH terms: Students
  4. Porter EG, Gibson Hill MMH
    Med J Malaya, 1951;5.
    1. Using ordinary clinical thermometers resting oral temperatures were taken in 4,463 schoolgirls between the ages of 6 and 20 years. 2. From 2,500 readings in clinically healthy and apyrexial girls charts were made to show temperature variations. 3. It was demonstrated that in the age group 6-10 the mean temperature was 99.5 F. That in the age group 10-14 the mean temperature was 99.3 F and in the age group 14-20 the mean temperature was 99.1 F. 4. For all age groups the majority fell within the limit of 98.9 – 100 F. 5. It is not uncommon to encounter a temperature of over 100º and up to 100.8º of no pathological significance. 6. Temperature readings are not a reliable guide in the clinical assessment of children unless the above considerations are borne in mind.
    Matched MeSH terms: Students
  5. Kadri ZN
    Dis Chest, 1959 Dec;36:612-5.
    PMID: 14408342 DOI: 10.1378/chest.36.6.612
    The overall incidence of clinical pulmonary tuberculosis in the University of Malaya students was found to be 3.15 per cent. This higher incidence of clinical tuberculosis is in keeping with the general morbidity and mortality figures of tuberculosis in the general public. Among students who were originally enrolled as inactive cases 26.5 per cent developed activity while in university and required treatment. No significant difference was found in the incidence and rate of reactivation of disease in students of various races. No student was obliged to quit studies permanently on account of the breakdown
    Matched MeSH terms: Students*
  6. SREENIVASAN BR
    Med J Malaya, 1962 Jun;16:302-5.
    PMID: 13915988
    Matched MeSH terms: Students, Medical*
  7. KADRI ZN
    Med J Malaya, 1963 Mar;17:191-8.
    PMID: 13958217
    Matched MeSH terms: Student Health Services*; Students*
  8. MCKELVEY JL
    Med J Malaysia, 1963 Jun;17:237-43.
    PMID: 14060500
    Matched MeSH terms: Students*
  9. Kadri ZN
    Med J Malaya, 1965 Dec;20(2):110-7.
    PMID: 4221970
    Matched MeSH terms: Students*
  10. Patrick E
    Med J Malaya, 1967 Dec;22(2):99-103.
    PMID: 4231986
    A survey of smoking habits among the students attending the Student Health Clinic for various ailments showed:
    (1) Smoking in women is very uncommon (only 2 out of 79; 2.53%)
    (2) About 30% of men smoke (106 out of 322; 32.9%)
    3. The majority of these had commenced smoking before they entered the university.
    4. The majority smoked filter tipped brands.
    5. Where the mothers in the family smoked, the sons seem to take to smoking more readily.
    6. Knowledge of the effects of smoking on health was poor, but equal in all three groups viz in women and in both smoking and non-smoking men.
    Matched MeSH terms: Students*
  11. Chandrasekharan N, Bhattathiry EP
    Am J Clin Nutr, 1968 Feb;21(2):183-4.
    PMID: 5642892
    Matched MeSH terms: Students
  12. Wagner NN
    Br J Med Educ, 1968 Mar;2(1):24-7.
    PMID: 5645767
    Matched MeSH terms: Students, Medical*
  13. Bisseru B, Chong LK
    Trop Geogr Med, 1969 Jun;21(2):138-46.
    PMID: 5816416
    Matched MeSH terms: Students, Medical
  14. Wagner NN
    Br J Med Educ, 1970 Jun;4(2):109-13.
    PMID: 5485765
    Matched MeSH terms: Students, Medical*
  15. Teoh JI
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 1974 Jun;8(2):109-20.
    PMID: 4528692 DOI: 10.3109/00048677409159785
    A twelve-month study of all university students with psychological problems and symptoms, referred by the Student Health Physicians of the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur was conducted. A total of 308 students were seen and treated. The following results were elicited:
    1) The proportion of student breakdown among the different ethnic groups was in proportion with the total student population.
    2) There was no significant difference in diagnosis among students of urban-rural origins or from the different faculties.
    3) The majority of students were seen during the first term from the first and second year courses.
    4) Fifty-six percent of students suffered from symptoms prior to their admission to the university.
    5 ) Differences in language stream, especially from the Malay-medium schools, did not increase the rates of breakdown because of attenuating factors to reduce the stress among Malay students.
    6) Chinese students had significantly more severe acculturation gap differences from their parents than Malay students. They also significantly came from more well-off homes, of a higher social class and from urban regions as compared to the Malay students.
    7) Fifty-one percent were diagnosed as suffering from a neurosis and 13.3% from a schizophrenic psychosis. The neurotics had a much lower failure rate than the schizophrenic students.
    8) Personality and family problems were significantly higher among Chinese than Malay students. On the whole, there were more personality and family problems among urban-based students of both ethnic groups.
    Matched MeSH terms: Students; Students*
  16. Coomaraswamy SD
    Br J Med Educ, 1974 Sep;8(3):187-91.
    PMID: 4421860
    Matched MeSH terms: Students, Medical*
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