impact of family size on morbidity at a primary care health centre in Bahrain

To assess the relationship between family size and morbidity this study was carried out on 238 families in a primary care health centre in the State of Bahrain. One hundred and twenty nine families had five or more members. An inverse relationship was found between family size and the number of visits to the health centre mainly for infectious diseases of the skin, eye and upper respiratory tract, particularly in children. Crowding and low level of sanitation, education, personal hygiene and socio-economic status are the possible explanation