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Of the School cases, 15 were boys and 9 girls; the maternity
and child welfare cases, 35 boys and 22 girls, and the Tuberculosis
patients, 6 male and 11 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;
of those discharged, 15.7% after completion of treatment, were
much improved, 74.4% were improved, and 9.9% 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 89 of the cases; the latter alone in 5
cases, and both lamps in 4 cases.
VETERINARY INSPECTION.
Mr. P. Thrale, the part-time veterinary surgeon, makes
quarterly reports on his visits to the farms and his examination of
the cattle thereon.
During 1931, all the farms were visited for this purpose at least
4 times.
A total of 960 cows were inspected during the year.