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School Cases.
Six school cases were still attending the Clinic at the end of
the year. These were suffering from the following conditions,
viz.:—General Debility, 3; Bronchitis, 1; Rickets, 1; Acne, 1.
Maternity and Child Welfare Cases.
Fifteen 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, 4; Rickets, 4; Bronchitis,
7; Glands, 1.
Of the School cases, 18 were boys and 16 girls; the Maternity
and Child Welfare cases, 34 boys and 22 girls; and the Tuberculosis
patients, 2 males.
All the cases referred to the Clinic had been carefully selected
as likely to benefit; of those discharged, after completion of treatment,
42 per cent, were much improved, 46 per cent, were improved,
and 12 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. Two types of lamps were used—the
Mercury Vapour and the Carbon Arc; the former alone was used
in 52 of the cases; the latter alone in 16 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.