Table 2

 Final primary diagnosis of children

ConditionFrequency
Abdominal obstruction1
Anaemia7
Asthma1
Bronchiolitis1
Burkitt’s lymphoma1
Cellulitis or abscess3
Encephalopathy—unknown1
Epilepsy1
Febrile convulsions2
Fever of unknown origin3
Gastroenteritis15
Hydrocephalus1
LRTI11
Malaria24
Malnutrition10
Meningitis1
Neonatal jaundice3
Neonatal sepsis5
Other skin disease1
Rash (mumps)1
Septicaemia/sepsis1
Sickle cell disease (plus anaemia)1
Surgical abdomen1
Testicular torsion1
Trauma/fracture1
URTI (with febrile convulsion)2
Total100