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1928
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These arrangements were sanctioned by the Board of
Education and the Ministry of Health, but certain records had
to be kept. Cards were printed on which these records were to
be kept, but owing to a misunderstanding the heights and
weights were not recorded, prior to March, 1929. Arrangements
have now been made whereby these details will be recorded.
All the cases were treated under the supervision of Dr.
Dicks, and the Carbon-arc lamp was used. The clinical notes
are in every instance very full and complete, and it is therefore
unfortunate that the heights and weights cannot be given.
17 school children and 14 children under 5 years of age
completed a course of treatment before December, 1928,or more
correctly, 31 had been treated and as far as we were concerned
their treatment was at an end.
In some instances the treatment was discontinued for
various reasons, such as ' parents had left the district,' or child
had contracted some illness which prevented attendance at the
hospital.
Of the 17 school children 12 attended on more than 12
occasions each: of the other 5, one attended on 2 occasions, one
on 4, one on 5, one on 7, and one on 11 occasions. The children
who attended on 4, 7, and 11 occasions had their Tonsils and
Adenoids removed and were told to discontinue. The other 2
simply discontinued and no reason was given.
Of the 14 children under 5 years of age, 8 attended on 12
or more occasions. Of the other 6, one attended on I occasion,
2 on 4 occasions, one on 5, one on 9, and one on 10 occasions.
Of the 6 who did not attend the full course of treatment, 2 left
the district, 3 had illnesses which prevented attendance, and 1
simply did not come again.
Of the 17 school children, 6 were suffering from enlarged
glands, 4 from malnutrition, 3 from debility, 1 from enlarged
glands and nervous debility, 1 from blepharitis and anaemia, 1
from old encephalitis, and 1 from intestinal toxaemia.
Of the 14 children under 5 years of age, 5 were suffering
from malnutrition, 4 from rickets, 2 from weak ankles, 2 from
debility, 1 from nasal catarrh.
Of the 17 school children, all the 7 children who suffered
from enlarged glands greatly improved; in 2 of them the glands
could not be felt. The case of intestinal toxaemia was also greatly
improved ; in 2 of the children the improvement was slight, and
in 7 there was no improvement, but the latter included 5 who
did not complete the treatment.
Of the 14 children under 5 years of age, in 9 the medical
officer in charge stated that there was improvement.
Apart from the fact that the figures are small, there are