View report page

135
I am glad that mothers in this group do attend well. They are to be
congratulated on persevering over long courses of weeks, and express
their pleasure at the results.
2. Disturbed Dentition.—I have before referred to the severe
disorders that fall into this group. Some teething children arrive
afflicted in various ways and in a very low state of health. They respond
remarkably well to U.V.R., and many leave us in excellent health.
The benefit to their spirits and tempers is equally marked.
Of the 124 cases, 111 were successes, 9 were moderate successes and
4 failed to benefit.
3. Delayed Dentition.—Of the 10 cases, 8 were successes, one
moderate success, one ceased to attend on account of illness.
4. Malnutrition.—Of the 56 cases, 37 were successes, 13 moderate
successes, 1 ceased too soon, and 5 failed to benefit.
5. Debility.—Of the 52 cases, 26 were successes, 21 moderate
successes, 2 ceased too soon, and 3 failed to benefit.
6. After Illness.—Of the 20 cases, 16 were successes, 1 moderate
success, and 3 failed to improve.
7. Various. Enlarged tonsils and adenoids, bronchitis and other
disorders have been grouped together. Of the 28 cases, 14 were successes,
8 moderate successes, 1 ceased too soon, and 5 failed to improve. One,
in the Wards, could not have benefited permanently, having a congenital
malformation, and was sent to hospital. One, a Mongol, I accepted for
treatment only at the mother's urgent wish, as these children cannot
develop normally.
One brilliant success occurred in a "skin case" regarded as intractable.
This responded to U.V.R. in a highly gratifying manner.
The Department has continued its steady work. We now have some
regular clients, having one or two long courses a year and maintaining
much better health while under U.V.R. than away from it.
In most of my groups there are children suffering from "nervous
strain." They come fretful, sleepless, (or so described), bad-tempered,