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48 cases received ultra violet ray therapy alone and of these:—
45 cases (93.7 %) showed improvement from medical officer's
review.
39 cases (81.2 %) showed improvement from parents' statements.
32 cases (06.6 %) showed improvement from teachers' reports.
General Notes on the Results.
The most noteworthy feature in 1935 was the expansion of the
work as compared with that done in 1934. For example, the total
number of attendances rose from 2,151 in 1934 to 3,310 in 1935 ;
and 23 more children were treated during 1935 than in 1934, an
indication of much extra work performed by the Authority's
Masseuse (Miss A. E. Findlay).
On comparing the results with those of the previous year we
find t hat as regards general healt h the percentage of treated children
who showed definite or much improvement has increased—not
only according to the medical officer's assessment, but also in the
estimate arrived at by the parents and teachers concerned. It will
be appreciated that teachers' opinions are more concerned with the
scholastic attainment of the individual child than with his or her
physique. At re-inspections parents are asked particularly about
any improvement in the child's appetite, whether the treatment
causes any improvement in energy and has any effect on sleep.
As regards special symptoms we find that, just as in 1934, the
ansemic child nearly always derives benefit and is often cured
(35 anaemic children cured in 1935), by exposure to artificial light :
and that once again the debilitated child does well (32 such being
cured or improved in 1935). Ten children suffering from recurrent
styes were cured and two improved during 1935 out of 12 such
children treated.
On the other hand bronchial conditions were less responsive to
treatment, e.g., 6 cases of chronic recurrent bronchitis made no
improvement, and 2 cases of bronchial asthma did not appear to
benefit ; although 5 asthmatics and 4 bronchitis cases improved.
Two cases of subnormal nutrition showed no improvement, while
six improved. One case of alopecia areata was cured, and this is
a type of case which might well be included in the debilitated
group.