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Pathological services.
Number of post-mortems during 1937: (a) complete 89
,, ,, ,, (b) partial 97
Number of histological examinations carried out during
1937: (a) post-mortems 15
(b) operations 51
Number of specimens sent to the Clinical Research
Association 4,181
Ultra-violet ray treatment. The light department consists of
2 Westminster arc lamps; 3 mercury vapour lamps; 3 infra-red
lamps; 1 Kromayer lamp; 2 sun lamps; and 2 alpine arc lamps.
During the year 1937 the total number of patients seen by
the consultants was 2,499. Of this number 684 were seen for
diagnostic purposes; these consisted largely of patients suffering
from skin conditions.
The cases treated in the light department are mainly the
following:—General debility and anaemia; skin cases; chronic
sinuses, by the Kromayer lamp; compounds fractures; chronic
rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, by the infra-red rays; rickets.
Treatment of fractures.
During the year, 470 patients were admitted suffering from
fractures of various bones. These fractures are grouped according
to site in Table IX.