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cure. While it can never completely make up for bad home conditions, our experience justifies the statement that it will counteract in a large measure the evils inseparable from the appalling
housing conditions of the Borough. The chief value of radiation
lies in its power of prevention, and there is no doubt that it
provides a powerful weapon in the campaign against disease
generally, and Tuberculosis and Rickets in particular.
The results, on the whole, have been very satisfactory, and
I am convinced that the establishment of a permanent light clinic
will be justified.
LEYSIN PATIENTS.
Following on my report of 1924 regarding the patients sent
out to Leysin, Switzerland, the table below will supply all the
necessary information. It will be seen from this that five
patients have returned home. E. H., who was only there a short
time, and, as was explained in last year's report, was an unsuitable case, died of heart failure shortly after being brought home,
and the Sunlight Treatment cannot be condemned for this. As
regards the other four cases, they have returned home, and, as
Dr. Connan explains, two children have attended school, and
the other two patients have been in full work since their return.
In order to guard against relapses, they are being given lamp
treatment at regular intervals. Unfortunately the sending of
these patients to Leysin does not rank for grant with the
Ministry Health or the London County Council, and the remarks
made under the heading of " Light Treatment " apply equally
here,