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In the case of 45, attendances were too few or treatment was not
maintained. No case is counted in which less than three tests were made.
Over 400 were made in the year. Iron was prescribed and ferrous sulphate
in tabloids.
H.K. WALLER, M.B.
Light Treatment and Remedial Exercises.
The figures submitted below give a good idea of the work carried on
in the department during the year.
Light Department.
Total number of Children 212
„ „ Mothers 5
„ „ treatments 3,284
Average number of treatments to each individual 15.1
Number of sessions 198
Average attendance per session 16.58
Numbers of Children in different groups:—
Group I Early Rickets 44
II Rickets 65
„ III Catarrhal state 14
„ IV Debility (after Illness) 42
„ V Marasmus 0
„ VI Skin lesions 3
„ VII Other causes 12
„ P Prophylactic 32
212
Garden Attendances.
Total number of Children 156
„ „ attendances 2,596
Number of sessions 97
Average attendance 26.7
It will be noticed that 109 (51%) of the children attended for the
treatment of rickets. If we add the prophylactic group, which was
composed of infants artificially fed or for some other reason (e.g., prematurity)
likely to develop rickets, it is evident that the major part of