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Chiropody
The Council's chiropody service is provided for men aged 65
years or over, women aged 60 years or over, expectant mothers,
mothers with children under one year, children under school-leaving
age or still attending school full-time although over normal
school-leaving age, and physically handicapped persons. In most
cases no charge is made. Over 50 sessions a week are held at
foot clinics in Council centres, and regular visits are made to
nearly a score of old people's homes and day centres. Treatment
is given also in the surgeries of private chiropodists acting on
behalf of the Council. If patients are able to walk but cannot
manage the journey to a Council centre, arrangements can be made
for ambulance transport, provided that the general practitioner
submits a medical certificate. Housebound patients are treated in
their own homes.
A new Chief Chiropodist, Mr. Alan Trenter, was appointed in
November, 1970, and a thorough review of the service is now in
process.

Venereal disease
Welfare officers are employed by the six Inner London authorities
in whose areas V.D. clinics are situated to follow-up patients
who have failed to complete treatment, with the object of encouraging
them to continue. Time is also spent in tracing contacts
named by patients and persuading them to be treated. This work
is carried out on behalf of all Inner London authorities including
those—of which Wandsworth is one—without any venereal disease
clinics in their areas and therefore not directly employing any
welfare officers on follow-up work.
Each year the physicians in charge of special treatment centres
notify the medical officers of health of the areas from which patients
come to attend the centres. During 1970 the following numbers of
Wandsworth patients were treated at special centres—mainly in
the Greater London area.. The figures should not be regarded as