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Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
Report of Dr. E. M. Layman, the Medical Officer in charge
of Light Clinics.
I have pleasure in submitting my report on the work of the Light
Clinics during 1938.
311 children and 57 mothers are reported on. The children are
classified as follows, and I have analysed the results of treatment in
the table below:—
Rickets 25 cases
(12 severe, 13 mild)
Disturbed Dentition 78 ,,
Malnutrition 34 ,,
Debility 37 ,,
After Illness 70 ,,
Prematurity 14 ,,
Prophylactic 12 ,,
Various Disorders 41 ,,
Analysis of Results.
Marked
Success
Success
Moderate
Success
Failure
Rickets
9
15
1
—
Disturbed Dentition
40
29
8
1
Malnutrition
21
7
4
2
Debility
14
17
5
1
After Illness
30
33
7
—
Prematurity
6
7
1
—
Prophylaxis
8
3
1
—
Various Disorders
22
14
2
3
Totals
150
125
29
7
Notes.
Premature children, always anaemic, are particularly good subjects
for U.V.R., as they need more sunshine than the rest.
I now invite all the prematures I meet at welfare clinics to take a
course.