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Artificial Light Clinic.
The routine application of treatment by means of ultraviolet
rays is performed by the Authority's Masseuse (Miss A. E.
Findlay) under the supervision of Dr. Gavin (Deputy School
Medical Officer), to whom 1 am indebted for the following report
on the work of the clinic during the year.

The 110 cases averaged 30.09 attendances per case.
The 74 new cases averaged 25.52 attendances per case.
The 36 okl cases averaged 39.47 attendances per case.
(22 boys and 14 girls.)
Among the new cases, attendances varied from 8 to 74 with
two exceptions ; these made only 3 and 4 attendances respectively.
One old case made 7 attendances before proceeding to convalescent
home treatment. All other old cases had attendances varying
from 11 to 72 during 1935.
Type of Lamp Employed.—Quartz mercury vapour.
Strength of Dose.—The treatment is graduated, each patient
commencing with a minimum 2/2 exposure by 3/2, 4/2, 5/2, 7/2, 9/2
to a maximum of 10/2, i.e., 10 minutes to each side of the body.
Arrangements.—Schoolboys are treated twice weekly on
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m., while schoolgirls receive treatment
on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m.
Other Forms of Treatment.—Of the 110 cases treated in
1935, 9 were children attending the Open Air School at Knotts
Green. Five of these were new cases. Seven cases were also
known to have had treatment by their private medical practitioners;
seven by local hospitals; and two were ordered U.Y.R.
therapy by the Authority's Ophthalmic Surgeon.