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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WELFARE OF THE BLIND—REGISTRATION. As at 31/3/44.
TABLE I.
| 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 and over | (i) Toatl of all age group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ii)Age Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||
| - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 65 | 63 | 128 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 52 | 114 | 166 | (i) 199 | (i) 248 | (i) 447 | ||||||||||
| (ii) — | (ii) 3 | (ii) 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AGES AT WHICH BLINDNESS OCCURRED. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age period 0—1 | Age period 1—6 | 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 and over | Age period Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||
| 28 | 21 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 18 | 47 | 65 | 14 | 22 | 36 | |||||||
| Children of School Age. | Training and Employment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | Employed | Undergoing Training. | (h) Trained but unemployed | (i) No training but trainable | (j) Unemployable | (k) Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | By Blind Organisations | (e) All others not included in (a) and (b) | (d) Total Employed | (e) Industrial | (f) Secondary | (g) Professional and University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools for the Blind | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | (a) Workshops | (b) Home workers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other Schools | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 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. |
| Not at School | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 51 | 20 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 146 | 230 | 376 | 199 | 251 | 450 |
| OCCUPATIONS OF EMPLOYED BLIND PERSONS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agents, Collectors, &c. | Basket Workers | Bedding (including Divans & Ottomans) and Upholstering | Boot Repairers | Braille Copyists and Proof Readers | Brush Makers | Carpenters and Woodworkers | Chairseaters | Clerks and Typists | Coal Bag Makers | Dealers, Tea Agents, Newsagents, Shop—Keepers | Firewood Workers | Gardeners | Hawkers, News—vendors, &c. | Home Teachers | Knitters | Labourers | Massage | Mat Makers | Ministers of Religion | Musicians and Music Teachers | Netting Makers | Porters, Packers, Cleaners | Poultry Farmers | School Teachers | Ships Fender (Fender) Makers | Telephone Operators | Tuners | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total | |||||||||
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institution for the Blind | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||||
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | |||||
| Others not part— Time workers) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 26 | ||||||
| Total | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 12 | — | 4 | 71 | |||||
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE.
| (a) Mentally Defective. | (b) Physically Defective. | (c) (i) Deaf | Combinations of (a) and (b) | Combinations of (a) and (c) | Combinations of (b) and (c) | Combinations of (a), (b), (c) | Total | Homes for the Blind | Mental Hospitals | Poor Law Institutions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ii) Deaf—mute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. |
| 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | (i) 6 (ii) 1 | (i) 1 (ii) 1 | 7 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 |