§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health what action has been taken by his Department for the greater provision of artificial sunlight treatment for children suffering from rickets?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am advised that artificial sunlight treatment is still in the experimental stage, but I have approved of the provision of such treatment under skilled supervision for children suffering from rickets and other disorders of infancy and childhood at a certain number of infant welfare centres, in order to secure further evidence as to the results of the treatment. I may perhaps refer the hon. and gallant Member to the remarks on artificial light therapy in paragraphs 564 to 572 of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of my Department for the year 1924.