Feet and FashionSiRs-In connexion with your leading article " Feet and Fashion " (21 November, p. 1282), some figures concerning the epidemiology of fashion may be of interest to your readers.During school medical inspection in 1964 I have recorded the footwear of children in infant, junior, and secondary modern schools in Lancashire.The following Table shows the results.The figures are Age Type of Boys Girls Group Footwear No. % No. % Infants Straightinnerborder 106 79-1 114 73 0 5-7 Pointed .. .. 3 2-2 19 12-1 Others .. .. 25 23 Total ..
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L. W. Bowen (1964) studied this question.