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School Cases.
Seven school cases were still attending the Clinic at the end
of the year. These were suffering from the following conditions,
viz.:— General Debility, 2; Bronchitis, 2; Glands, 1; Rickets, 1;
Rheumatism, 1.
Maternity and Child Welfare Cases.
Fourteen 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; Rickets, 5;
chitis, Glands, 1.
Of the School cases, 12 were boys and 8 girls; the Maternity
and Child Welfare cases, 23 boys and 15 girls; and the
culosis Patients, 2 male and 4 female.
All the cases referred to the Clinic had been carefully selected
as likely to benefit; of those discharged, after completion of treatment,
50 per cent. were much improved, 35 per cent. were
improved, and 15 per cent. were not benefited. These figures
show that this treatment, under expert supervision of dosage,
exposure, etc.,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 44 of the cases; the latter alone in 15 cases, and both lamps in
5 cases.
The use of artificial sunlight lamps in bathrooms is fraught
with considerable risk and their installation should only bo made
under strict expert supervision.