Abstract
Although dysentery is a distinct clinical entity and can be differentiated from other summer diarrheas, 1 there are not any accurate data of its incidence among the infant population. Health department statistics are usually not of value because the disease either is not reported or is masked under some other diagnosis. The figures from hospitals and dispensaries do not shed light on the prevalence of dysentery in the community at large. In order to determine the incidence of dysentery and also of simple diarrhea, 628 normal infants were kept under observation from June 1 to November 1, 1925. The work was done in three of the Welfare Clinics established by the Thomas Wilson Sanitarium in Baltimore, at which are enrolled all the white infants of the district whose families are unable to provide adequate medical attention. This group may be considered fairly representative of the white infants in the poorer
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