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year we are now dealing with totalled it3,989. This
compares with 126,500 in the year 1943 and 118,000
in 1942.
The fall in the total attendances is no doubt due to
the fact that manv mothers and children were evacu-
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ated from Barking during the latter half of the year.
(d) Chiropody Clinic.
The Statistics for the Chiropody Clinic show that
the number of treatments for 1944 has been slightly
lower than 1943, due in part to the reduced number
of sessions owing to staff shortage.
The patients were seen in rotation (except for
urgent cases) which made, with the increasing demand,
the interval of treatments for regular patients over
three months instead of 4-6 weeks.
In October, the waiting list had nearly 3,000 names
but by intensive work, it was reduced to just under
2,000 at the end of the year.
It is apparent to me that the public are becoming
more conscious of the benefit of chiropody and that
the demands for treatment will increase.
Your arrangements for evening sessions continue.