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School Cases.
Five school cases were still attending the Clinic at the end of
the year. These were suffering from the following conditions,
viz.:—General Debility, 3; Pulmonary Catarrh, 1; Bronchitis, 1.
Maternity and Child Welfare Cases.
Six Maternity and Child Welfare cases were still attending
the Clinic at the end of the year. These were suffering from the
following conditions, viz.—Debility, 3; Pickets, 1; Bronchitis, 2.
Four cases were discharged, of whom 2 suffering from Adenitis
were much improved, and 2 from Sinusitis showed only slight
improvement.
Of the School cases, 20 were boys and 12 girls; the Maternity
and Child Welfare cases, 25 boys and 19 girls; and the Tuberculosis
patients, 2 male and 3 female.
All the cases referred to the Clinic had been carefully selected
as likely to benefit; of those discharged, 43.2% after completion of
treatment, were much improved, 26.3% were improved, and 30.5%
were not benefited. These figures show that this treatment 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 69 of the cases; the latter alone in 9 cases, and both lamps in
3 cases.
The use of artificial sunlight lamps in bathrooms is fraught
with considerable risk and their installation should only be made
under strict expert supervision.
BLIND PERSONS ACT, 1920.
The scheme under Section 102 (1) of the Local Government
Act, 1929, came into force on April 1st, 1930. It has continued
unchanged.
I nder this scheme the Council pays grants to twelve societies,
among which by far the largest grant is made to the Croydon
Voluntary Association for the Blind.