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Part VI - In this shop do all or some or none of the
assistants fit children's shoes during busy periods?
By whom are the assistants trained? Do they attend a
refresher course of training once„ or periodically, or
never?
Part VII - Did the shop employ an x- ray machine for
fitting if so. did they rely on it a great deal or a
small amount when fitting children's shoes
Results
Part I Table I shoes the results of Part i of the
questionary All 25 shops stocked a well shaped shoe
that is, with rounded toe and straight inner border
Of these, 17 shops had half sizes in all these shoes
and five had half-sizes in some of them Fifteen shops
stocked width-fittings in all these shoes two stocked
width fittings in only some of these shoes. Yet of the
17 shops with these shoes in width-fittings, only four
stocked four width-fittings3 seven stocked three
width-fittings0 and six stocked two width fittings A
lace up style of shoe was common to all 25 shops, but
19 also stocked a bar-instep style, These well-shaped

shoes were well stocked for infant age range (3 - 7
years) and junior age range (7 - 11 years)0 but less
so for toddler age range (1-3 years)„ and only 14
shops had these shoes for age range 11-18 years The
range of large sizes in these shoes was very poor,
particularly for girls.
Parts II and III-Table ii shows how many shops stocked
other inferior designs of girls" shoes= All 25 stocked
a high-cut casual style and 17 shops stocked the lowcut
casual style, Eight shops stocked one make of shoe,
Yet of these eight shops only four carried an adequate
range of half-sizes and three width-fittingSc