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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
Croydon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WELFARE OF THE BLIND - REGISTRATION.
| Age period 0-1 | Age period 1-5 | Age period 5-16 | Age period 16 - 21 | Age period 21 - 40 | Age period 40 - 50 | Age period 50 - 65 | Age period 65 - 70 | Age period 70 & Over | (l) Total of all age group. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | (2) Age unknown. | ||||||||||||||||
| - | M | F | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 106 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 46 | 87 | 133 | 177 | 228 | 405 (1) | ||||||||||||||
| - | . | 1 | 2 | 3 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGES AT WHICH BLINDNESS OCCURRED. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age period 0-1 | Age period 1-5 | Age period 5 - 10 | Age period 10 - 20 | Age period 20 - 30 | Age period 30 - 40 | Age period 40 - 50 | Age period 50-60 | Age period 60 - 70 | Age period 70 & Over | Age period 1 unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | 1 T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | |||||||||||
| 22 | 17 | 39 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | EMPLOYED | (d) Total employed | (e) Industrial | UNDERGOING TRAINING | (h) Trained but Unemployed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | By Blind Organisations (a) (b) | (c) All others not included in (a) & (b) | (f) Secondary | (g) Profossional and University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workshops Home Workers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | M | F | T | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In School for the blind | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Schools | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 13 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 51 | 19 | 70 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Not at School | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(i)He training but trainable - Nil.
(j) Unemployable - M.120, F.207, T.327,
(k) Total - M.171, F.228, T.399.
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