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immunisation against Diphtheria is now engaging the attention of the
Public Health Committee.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
The first year's working of the Municipal Centre at 28, Lower
Clapton Road, which includes Ante-natal, Child Welfare, Light and
Dental Clinics, is described fully on pages 86 to 90 of this Report.
The Light Clinic opened on January 14th, 1926, and one session
of two hours weekly is held. The lamp is a KBB type K lamp,
Mercury Vapour; the amperage, starting, is 4'5, running 2'7, series
resistance 44 ohms; the current used is direct, 240 volts. Dr. Gere
has treated 190 cases successfully, the length of time required for
treatment varying from 4 weeks in skin diseases to 9 months in that
troublesome condition Rickets.
An arrangement has been made with the British Red Cross
Clinic, Dalston Lane, to supply Dr. Gere with X-Ray photographs
of -.he Rickets cases, so that the improvement in the bone condition
can be noted. Dr. Gere has also had good results following the
irradiation of dried milk. It has recently been shown that Ultra
Violet radiations are able to restore to foods devitalised by drying
and other methods their original 'life,' and Dr. Gere has had good
results from radiating dried milks as part of the treatment of Rickets,
Marasmus and other conditions. Dried milk treated in this way
becomes not only more palatable and with a closer resemblance to
fresh milk, but the fat appears to become more finely divided and
remains emulsified longer when the fluid mixture is shaken. It is
proposed to try the effects of Ultra Violet radiation on Whooping
Cough at a special Clinic held for these cases only. The value of the
Dental Clinic has also been proved beyond question by the results of
the first year's working. Dental work of every description, including
the fitting of dentures and the necessary treatment for some very
severe cases, has been most satisfactorily carried out. Cases of such
severity as to require a general anaesthetic which was administered
by Dr. Montague Smith numbered nearly 150, and a local anesthetic
was required in nearly 160 cases.