View report page

108
During the year 24 patients received treatment—the
total attendances being 475.
The following is a summary of the cases treated.
Number. Disease.
11 Debility.
18 Rickets.
24
LIGHT TREATMENT CENTRE.
Staff.—One Medical Officer, Head Masseuse and two
assistants.
Clinic.—Light room in Electrotherapeutic Department,
other rooms arranged for Radiant Heat, Massage and
Ionisation, &c.
Sessions.—Days and hours are arranged according to
number and type of patients.
Types of Lamps—(a) Percy Hall mercury vapour
Lamp, (b) Murray Levick type of infra-red lamp.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders, 1918-1919.—
Under these Orders the Council has continued to supply
milk to necessitous cases, each case being investigated,
especially as to the financial position, before a supply is
granted.
18,526 lbs. of dried milk and 1,684 quarts of raw milk
and 100 tins of Nestle's were distributed during the year.
The number of applications for free milk has averaged
63 per week during the year. The total expenditure during
the year was approximately £1,200.