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Of the School cases, 4 were boys and 9 girls; the maternity
and child welfare cases, 7 boys and 9 girls, and the Tuberculosis
patients, 8 male and 12 female.
There has been a tendency in some quarters to exaggerate the
therapeutic importance of this form of treatment. All the cases
referred to the Clinic had been carefully selected as likely to benefit;
25% were much improved, 30.6% were improved, and 41.7% were
not benefited. These figures show that it is by no means a panacea,
though under expert supervision of dosage, exposure, etc., it is
capable of assisting natural forces to bring about improvement in
bodily health. In unskilled hands it is capable of causing bodily
damage. Two types of lamps were used: the Mercury Vapour and
the Carbon Arc; the former alone was used in 35 of the cases; the
latter alone in 3 cases, and both lamps in 11 cases.
VETERINARY INSPECTION.
I am indebted to Mr. P. Thrale for the following report:—
There are only 8 cow-keepers in the Borough and these are
located practically entirely in the Shirley and Addington areas
Owing to the rapid and widespread encroachment of housing schemes
and estate development the agricultural and dairying interests
within the Borough are speedily declining.