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the success of the treatment offered has become more widely known in the district, and patients who
had regarded themselves as hopeless have been tempted to try the more modern methods now available
to them Even in those cases in which definite cure has not been possible, great relief from pain has
been afforded to the patients, and nothing is more encouraging than to hear the remark "I have had
the first decent night's sleep I have had for years."
I have to report still further diminution in the number of cases of ringworm of the scalp occurring
in Willesden-only two have had to be treated by X-ray during the whole year. The apparatus which
was originally purchased for the X-ray treatment of ringworm in 1913 has now become inefficient and
badly needs repair. Had there been any large number of cases to be treated a new apparatus would
have been required and this would have involved the Council in considerable expense. In order to
obviate this arrangements have been made to treat the few cases which from time to time are still
detected, at the dermatologist's own house.
The Artificial Sunlight Department works smoothly but it must be pointed out that at the
Stonebridge Health Centre the dressing-room accommodation is unsatisfactory, as it is often unavoidably
encroached upon, not only by the needs of the orthopaedic department, but also by the children
attending the nursery. It is hoped that during next year steps will be taken to remedy this inconvenience.