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CHIROPODY SERVICE
Mr. B. Dalton, Chief Chiropodist, reports:—
Three full-time and one part-time Clinics are maintained by the Council served by a
Chief and three full-time Senior Chiropodists and 18 part-time Chiropodists. An
average of 82 sessions per week were worked during the year under review, full time
staff working approximately 1,858 and part-time staff 2,453 sessions. A transport
service is operated for handicapped patients utilising Council transport and drivers,
conveying an average of 35 patients per week to and from the three Clinics.
The past year has seen some changes in the general running of the Clinics aimed at
increased efficiency. Each Clinic now has a fairly well defined area from which
patients are accepted, thus allowing the same appointment interval to operate at each
Clinic. Special treatments have been made available at Amersham Road for obstinate
cases of verrucae, corns and tissue breakdown. A policy of trying various forms of
treatment, new drugs, materials, equipment, and experimenting with the interval
between appointments has been commenced in order to form the basis of an enquiry.
One session per week is attended at Lewisham Hospital by one of the Council's
ChiroDodists to enable a service to function there.