WAR WEAR ON FEET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1942, Page 4

WAR WEAR ON FEET

TASK FOR TWO HUNDRED CHIROPODISTS.

LOCKING AFTER BRITISH ARMY.

Britain is taking special care in this war of the feet on which her troops will join in the march to victory. Corns, bunions, ingrowing toe-nails and other foot troubles, already much less prevalent than in the last war owing to mechanised transport, are now to be altogether banished. Already over 200 qualified chiropodists, ranking as corporals, have been appointed to military centres, and 40 women, with another 60 on. the way, have been given similar appointments in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Special mobile units and chiropody travelling outfits are now in use to make sure that every man in the Army needing expert treatment gets it, however remote his station. The second of the mobile units io go into service is an adapted lOcwt. Ford van fitted with patient’s chair, operating stool, trolley dressing table, electric nail drill and steriliser and a cabinet of medicaments, instruments and so on. The travelling outfits, twelve of which have already been made, are for the R.A.M.C. chiropodist corporal at military centres. Equipped with one of the cases, about the size of a portable gramophone, lie can easily carry all his instuments, medicaments and towels.