Attaining correction of club foot deformity was anything but easy even as recently as the 1930's. In fact adults with uncorrected club feet sought treatment by prosthetics.

This man had the typical club foot deformity that we see in the new born, except that as an adult he has to walk on it - as there was no effective treatment for him as a child nor did a late reconstructive procedure exist for him as an adult.

Note the left (club foot) heel at the red arrow and the right normal heel at the yellow arrow. The prosthetist created a raised right shoe with a laced sock to allow needed space to place a false foot below the left club foot, assisted by a bit of left hip hiking. This was life in the 20's and 30's. Even in the 50's, we saw such folks who had adjusted to this state of affairs.