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expiratory breathing exercises for cases of Asthma—the
results are promising. 2,977 attendances were made for
massage and remedial exercises, and 2,345 for ultra violet
ray therapy. These figures show that this branch of the
service is fully functioning.
Mr. H. J. Seddon reports as follows:
" During the past year the work of the Orthopaedic
Clinic has been uneventful. There is nothing to indicate
that preventive measures have been faulty, nor have there
been any unusual cases.
Knock knees are still depressingly frequent, and the
trouble is that the cause of this condition is still very
obscure. Rickets accounted for only three of the 73 new
cases. One often finds that there is a history of a fairly
severe illness preceding the appearance of the deformity;
it is possible that the muscular weakness, which so constantly
follows on illness, such as, measles, scarlet fever,
pneumonia, or whooping cough, renders the knees unstable
and therefore liable to the development of deformity.
Fortunately, knock knee deformity, as seen nowadays, is
rarely severe, and all the affected children attending the
Bromley Clinic have responded readily to relatively simple
treatment.
The organisation of the work is most satisfactory, and
Miss Dodge continues to deal efficiently and kindly with
tlie children entrusted to her care."
H. J. Seddon, f.R.c.s.
ULTRA VIOLET RAY CLINICS.
As an adjunct to treatment one finds that Ultra Violet
Hay Therapy is a special provision of proved value, particularly
during the winter months in the convalescence
of general debility and influenza cases. A clinic is held in
conjunction with the Orthopædic and Massage Clinic at
the North Clinic, where sessions are held twice weekly,
and in May, 1937, a clinic was commenced at the South
Clinic where one session is held each week.
The total number of attendances at the North Clinic
were 2,345 and at the South Clinic 256.