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and showed her film. Four recommendations were adopted at the end of this meeting
for submission to the Department of Education and Science. They were:—
1. A school foot care service should be established; this service to include regular
inspection of children's feet and footwear.
2. There should be control of footwear in school, this footwear to be of approved
design.
3. All approved footwear to be free of purchase tax.
4. That the Government be requested to increase its efforts of health education in
this connection.
Ealing has, of course, provided a school foot care service for many years and
indeed has led the way in this respect. It is almost certain that schemes similar to
ours will be adopted throughout the rest of the country in the future.
The routine work of this department during the year is as follows:—
Children inspected 9,761
Referrals to Doctor 129
Referrals to Chiropodist 78
Verrucae 86
Defective shoes 3,295
Everted ankles 94
Hallux Valgus 2,470
Tinea 137
% of children inspected
1.3
•8
•8
34.0
•8
25.0
1.4
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
Mr. J. A. Cholmeley, the Orthopaedic Consultant reports:—
During the year attendances were as follows:—

EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE
Mr. R. Savege, Consultant Otologist, reports:—
"The figures for the year show an increase in the number of cases in each category,
but this does not indicate, I think, an increase in E.N.T. defects, and is probably the
result of an increased school population."
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