London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sutton 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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CHIROPODY SERVICE
The following groups are eligible for chiropody under the Council's scheme
(i) Elderly persons, i.e. persons of pensionable age, receiving retirement
pensions.
(ii) Handicapped persons including registered blind and partially sighted.
(iii) Expectant mothers.
The following cases were treated at sessions held at the majority of the Council's clinics, at day centres, as well as at the Council's old people's homes and old people's homes run by voluntary organisations, and also at chiropodist's surgeries.
| 1972 | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Total number of cases attended 2334 | 1830 |
| Total number of treatments 11812 | 9247 |
Where the elderly or handicapped person is unable to attend the clinic, domiciliary visits
are made and 5457 (4929) visits were made in 1972.
It will be noted that there was a considerable increase in the number of persons requesting
chiropody. Every effort was made to cope with the increased demand in spite of the
difficulties in recruiting staff, particularly full time staff, no doubt partly due to the poor
salary scales both for full time and sessional chiropodists.
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