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W.L. (male, aged 31). When he first attended he had a
patch, of three months standing, 2 inches by 3 inches, on the right
side of the vertex. After 112 exposures to local and general
mercury vapour lamp, the condition was quite cured.
The majority of cases of bronchitis showed improvement.
It was, however, noticed that in extreme bronchitis and
emphysema, such as occurs in old age, no material improvement
was obtained.
Three cases of seborrhaeic dermatitis were treated and
discharged during the year, all of them having shown marked
improvement.
The cases of malnutrition, debility and anaemia were mostly
children of school age. Of 92 such cases discharged during the
year, 63 had shown improvement after ultra-violet light treatment.
This improvement was in the nature of an increase in
appetite and general liveliness with a consequent gain in nutrition.
In 29 cases no material improvement was recorded. It was
reported last year that bad housing conditions might well be the
cause of failure in such cases. During 1929 some of these children,
who had shown no response to ultra-violet light, were referred
to the Invalid Children's Aid Association for convalescence.
Almost without exception they then improved and these results
seem to point to the deleterious effect of poor home environment.
It appears that due regard to the housing conditions should
always be paid in the recording of such cases.
It must again be noted that some patients, and parents of
children, do not realise the value of regular attendance. As was
stated earlier the best results of treatment, in any group, are
always obtained in those cases which attend regularly.
Of four cases of varicose ulcers discharged during the year,
one was cured, two were greatly improved and one showed no
improvement.
On the utility of ultra-violet light in dental sepsis Mr. Grantley
Smith reports that "in cases of gum inflammation which have not
gone on to pocket formation or the loosening of the teeth
(pyorrhoea), I have found the ultra-violet ray useful as an adjunct