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The girls want to wear them because their friends do so,
and some mothers buy them because they think they are
pretty and fashionable. It is hoped that the discussion
between the parents, child and doctor at these foot clinics
will promote a more sensible approach in the subsequent
choice of shoes.
The search for foot infection in the school children
has continued every term. The incidence of Tinea (Athlete's
Foot) is the same as in 1957-0,9%. The incidence of
verrucae (Plantar Warts) has dropped from 12% in 1957 to
0 8% in 1958, There are still many children requiring
treatment however, despite this apparent decrease. The
School Chiropody Service now employs two chiropodists who
work at four of the larger clinics throughout the Borough
There are six chiropody sessions per week for the Ealing
school children, at which 12 16 children are seen at
each session A list of children awaiting treatment is
kept in the Area Health Office. With very few exceptions
so far, no child has had to wait longer than eight weeks.
Those children marked as "urgent" cases are sent an
appointment for the chiropodist at their nearest clinic,
if possible, within four weeks of first being seen

ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC.
Mr. J.A. Cholmeley, the Orthopaedic Consultant, reports:
Although the Ealing Orthopaedic Clinics have been
busy during the past year there appears to have been, to
those working at them, a falling off of the work, at least
during the latter half of the year. Compared with 1957
there certainly has been a reduction under every heading
but compared with the previous year - 1956 - there has
been a small rise in attendances at the surgeons' and
physiotherapists' sessions. For some unexplained reason
there was a considerable rise in all attendances during
1957.