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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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OCCUPATIONS OF EMPLOYED BLIND PERSONS.
| Agents, Collectors | Basket Workers | Bedding including divans & Ottomans & Upholster-ing. | Boot Repairers | Braille Copyists, & Proof Readers. . | Brushnakers | Carpenters 80 Woodworkers | Chairseaters | Clerk. & Typists | Coalbag makers | Dealers, Tea agents Newsagents, Shop keepers. | Firewood workers | Gardeners | Hawkers News-vendors etc. | Horne Teachers | Knitters | ....... ..... Massage | Mat Makers | Ministers of | | Religion | Musicians & Music Teachers | Netting Makers | Porters, Packers cleaners | Poultry Farmers | School Teachers | ships Fender (Fendoff) Makers | Telephone Operators | Tuners | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine | Labours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institution for the Blind. | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | -- | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | — | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Others (not part time workers) | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 11 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 14 | - | 1 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Mentally | (b) Physioally | (c) Deaf (l) | Combinations | Combinations | Combinations | Combi nations | Total | Homes for Mental the blind Hospitals | Poor Law Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defective | Defective | Deaf Mute (11) | of (a)&(b) | Of (c) & (c) | of (b) (c | )'i of (a) (b )' t;(c ) | 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 | M | F | T | M | F | T | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | (1) | 3 (11) 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | -- | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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