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It will be seen from the attached Table of Statistics that the
numbers treated this year are considerably less than in 1970, but
the number of sessions worked during the year was also less —
5671 as against 6347 in 1970. Further I would also point out that
the difference in the number of Physically Handicapped treated is
due partly to the fact that now the Mentally Handicapped seen at
the Centre in Spilsby Road are included in that group instead of
with the schoolchildren as in previous years.
Illness amongst the staff has affected considerably the smooth
working of the Service. Two members were on Sick Leave for
periods of one month and another member resigned after being in
in hospital for some weeks.
It is now impossible to arrange relief for absent staff with the
result that a considerable back log of work is built up. This is
worse in the domiciliary visiting service where there is a period
of waiting between treatments of up to 10 — 12 weeks, and it is
now no longer possible to find appointments for the urgent or
priority cases such as Diabetics. This state is far from satisfactory
from either the patient's or the Chiropodist's point of view
a {id indeed the fact that certain patients have to wait so long in
between attention is the cause of some worry on the part of the
chiropodist.
The visits to the Training Centre in Spilsby Road and the Handicapped
Persons Centre in Farringdon Avenue have proved their
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