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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, 1; Bronchitis, 2; Anaemia and
Asthenia, 2.
Maternity and Child Welfare Cases.
Twenty-one 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, 7; Rickets,
11; Bronchitis, 2; Anaemia, 1.
Of the School cases, 23 were boys and 15 girls; the
Maternity and Child Welfare cases, 62 boys and 39 girls; and
the Tuberculosis patients, 4 males and 2 females.
All the cases referred to the Clinic had been carefully
selected as likely to benefit; of those discharged, after completion
of treatment, 56 per cent. were much improved, 26 per cent.
were improved, and 18 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 61 of the cases; the latter alone in 19 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 be made
under strict supervision.