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Daily morning sessions are held, with afternoon sessions
on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and evening
sessions on Monday, Thursday and Friday.
" During the year the ladies' dressing cubicle has been
moved from the Clinic to the waiting room, and this has made
access to the Clinic much less congested. This alteration however,
has not solved the problem of limited accommodation
and little or no privacy is afforded to the patient or chiropodist.
"Elderly people make an ever-increasing demand on the
service, and during the year 141 patients were conveyed to the
Clinic by ambulance. This is a great asset to those who are
in need of treatment but cannot manage the journey, and in
some cases it literally keeps them on their feet. Patients are
provided with transport on the request of their doctor or health
visitor, but the majority of ' the not so young ' manage to make
their own way to the Clinic.
"One of the greatest problems apart from accommodation,
is the size of the waiting list, which had increased to 2,864 by
December 26th. A large number of chronic cases require frequent
treatment and it is necessary that the period between
appointments should be as short as possible, but with the
present staff of four this is out of the question. In order to
deal adequately with the present volume of patients, a staff
of six is needed.
"The Tuesday morning clinic, the only ' special ' children's
clinic I believe in the London area, gave 2,127 treatments, an
increase of 83 over 1952. As in previous years, the majority
came to this Clinic with plantar warts. Patients are sent for
treatment via the School Health Service."

The following is an extract of a special report made to the Health
Area Sub-Committee in November, 1953, with particular reference
to attendances at the Foot Clinic:—
"Approximately 340 appointments are made weekly, but
school children attend without appointment. About 10% of
the appointments made are not kept by the patients, but where