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CHIROPODY
The demand for chiropody for school children remains fairly consistently high as a result of parents
having become increasingly foot conscious over recent years.
As usual, many school children attended the clinic for treatment for plantar warts, and more boys
suffered with chilblains and clawing toes, no doubt to wearing stretch socks. The incidence of verrucae showed
some increase.
Hallux valgus was again less common than in the past few years as shoes are a slightly better shape.
On the whole, children's feet were in a much better condition and mothers now demand that the feet are
measured each time they buy new shoes.
As indicated below, the total number of treatments given in 1968 was 1,809. This was some 300 less
than in the previous year but fluctuation in total figures from year to year is largely attributable to the fact
that only short term treatment is required in the majority of cases. New cases dealt with at 293 were almost
exactly the same as in 1967.