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These figures, which do not include attendances at the special Toddlers' Clinic
or the Sunlight Clinic, show a decrease over 1932, but are higher than any other
year. The numbers on the roll, however, show a slight increase.
Feeding of Infants in Woolwich.—In midsummer the usual enquiry was made,
as in previous years, as to the type of feeding adopted in the case of infants attending
the welfare centres. The method used was as follows :—
(a) On the card of every child under one year of age attending a welfare
centre between the 19th June and the 28th July, was inserted once, and once
only, the terms " Breast," or " Breast and Hand," or " Hand Fed."
(b) The child's age was taken on the day on which this note was made.
(c) At the end of the period the results were summarised for the whole
Borough and the appropriate percentages worked out.
The results of the enquiry are shown in Table No. 29 on the adjoining page.
Artificial Sunlight Clinic.—This clinic was opened in October, 1927. The
total number of patients treated during the year, including 164 whose course of
treatment was not completed at the end of 1932, was 469. The total number of
treatments given was 9,534 : of these, 6,333 were by carbon arc, 2,476 by mercury
vapour lamp, and 725 by radiant heat lamp.
The clinic is under the medical supervision of Dr. J. E. A. Lynham, who has
furnished the following report on the year's work :—
"The work of the Sunlight Clinic has been continued on the same lines as
before. The number of new cases admitted is smaller than in the previous year,
but is partly compensated by a larger number carried forward from the end of 1932.
The number of cases of rickets is appreciably less, and the average of improvement
considerably greater. The largest group is still that which includes anaemia
and general debility or mal-nutrition. The percentage of cases cured or improved
is better, and credit for this must be given to the medical officers and to the efficiency
of the staff.
The clinic continues to do good work and there have been a number of
instances of children brought back for further treatment after the lapse of a year
or more."