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Various skin conditions are seen from time to time,
e.g., impetigo, intertrigo, keloid following burns, and
multiple papillomata. Cure has been obtained in nearly
every instance. In the case of children with enlarged
glands, all that can be recorded is a degree of general
improvement, any reduction in the size of the glands
being attributable to this rather than to any specific
action.
A number of mothers or expectant mothers have
attended, suffering from general debility or from local
disease. As a general rule improvement has followed,
and some have been apparently restored to sound health.
In assessing the value of the clinic there is no desire
to over estimate the value of the ultra-violet rays as a
therapeutic agent.
Every effort is made to work in conjunction with
the officers in control of the welfare centres. Such
matters as diet, clothing, and other forms of treatment
are supervised, and other forms of medical treatment
are employed where it is thought desirable. Consultations
are held with the medical officers from time to
time, and children are referred to special clinics, e.g.,
orthopaedic, neurological, or ophthalmological when
necessary. But the basic fact remains that many
children who have been treated beforehand without the
rays have been found to improve enormously after their
courses of treatment. Some of these, in the weeks
following the termination of the treatments, show some
degree of failure in their general health, but improve
again when their regular attendance at the light clinic
is resumed."
In tabular form are shown below the number and types
of cases treated during the year.