Rheumatic fever; summary of a rheumatic fever workshop on various aspects of the disease

While rheumatic fever is becoming an uncommon disease in all parts of the United States, it still exists in all areas including Southern California. The disease is sufficiently common in Los Angeles County to warrant organized programs of control aimed particularly at careful follow-up, accurate case reporting, secondary prophylaxis and primary prevention.In April of 1965 a Rheumatic Fever Workshop, in which local, national and state experts in rheumatic fever participated, reviewed the status of the rheumatic fever programs in Los Angeles County. Guidelines for future organization for the control of rheumatic fever were developed and presented.