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we also erect a station every holiday on the Marshes, and, situate
as it is near the Fair Ground, it fills a great need. We hope
in the year 1933 to place another hut on the Woodford Road near
the Water Works for the further service of the public.
"During 1932 the number of cases receiving First Aid treatment
was 1,863, and the number of cases removed to hospitals
1,123; mileage totalled 7,713.
"The number of road accidents receiving treatment was 188,
and the mileage incurred on these cases was 269 miles.
"Several successful First Aid and Home Nursing Classes have
been organised, and also our members have taken a course of
instruction in Defence against Gas, and these continued Lectures
should, and have, proved of great service, not only to the Students
themselves, but also to those with whom they work, be it factory
or elsewhere.
"We have also carried out the greatest number of public and
local duties known for many years."
(vii) Clinics and Treatment Centres.—No change since 1931.
Foot Clinic.
Details of the organisation, staffing and work of the Foot
Clinic were given in the 1931 report, and have remained unaltered
during 1932.
The attendances at the Clinic steadily increased until they
reached a maximum of 185 during the week ending 18th June.
By the end of February it was necessary to obtain student assistance
from the Chelsea Polytechnic School of Chiropody, by kind permission
of the Principal, Mr. Bride, and later, in May, the
assistance of a qualified Chiropodist on three evenings per week,
increased in June to four evenings per week. For several
weeks during the peak period in May to July from 15
to 60 patients per week were being turned away from the
Clinic without treatment. Curiously, after August, the weekly
attendances settled down at a steady rate of about 100 per week,
and the services of the assistant and students were dispensed with.
By this time the most satisfactory way of dealing with patients
had been found to be by giving definite appointments and allocating
15 minutes to each. This scheme enabled 10 patients per
session of 2½ hours to be dealt with, or 100 per week. The total
attendances for the year was 6,318, or an average of 121.5 per
week.