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Heart Disease : The one case under review was in statu quo.
Other Defects : An operation for Hernia was pressed in the
case of a child previously referred for
treatment. The remaining conditions
were remedied.
The Headmaster, Mr. C. W. Truelove, is very keen in cooperating
in every way in connection with the Medical Inspection
of the pupils of the Russell School, with the result that a very
good percentage of parents attend the two inspections each year
for the "entrants" and the "leavers," and the following up of
cases is most satisfactory.
At present there are special instructors in Physical Training,
both for the boys and the girls, and the School achieved particular
success during the past year in Country Dancing and Swimming;.
All look forward to entering the new school on the Carter Road
site, where a Sports ground will be available next to the School,
giving the opportunity for organised games to be taken as part
of the curriculum.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment
The following is a report received from Dr. Eva Morton on
West Ham School Children treated at the Sunlight Clinic at the
Children's Hospital, Balaam Street, Plaistow, on behalf of the
Education Committee :
During 1931 over 160 School Children received Ultra-Violet
light treatment at the West Ham Clinic for School Children. The
large majority of these were suffering from debility, usually
associated with Anaemia. Catarrhal conditions formed another
large group, rheumatism coming third in frequency. In these
three groups, as well as in a smaller group of children suffering
from enlarged glands of the neck, marked improvement was noted
in practically all the cases who attended with sufficient regularity
over a long enough period. A few asthma cases were improved
—one or two to a very considerable degree, but not every case
appears to respond to the treatment.
The most striking results were seen in the Debility group, the
improvement being shown in a variety of ways, including increase
in weight, improved muscular tone and greater energy and cheerfulness.
In the cases of anaemia the haemoglobin test showed, almost
without exception, a rise to nearly normal with two or three
months' treatment. Although space does not permit of a more
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