Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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M. = Males F. = Females. T. = Total.
As at 31/3/47.
Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | Employed | Undergoing Training. | (h) Trained but unemployed | (i) No training but trainable | (j) Unemployable | (k) Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | By Blind Organisations | (c) All others not included in (a) and (b] | (d) Total Employed | (e) Industrial | (f) Secondary | (g) Professional and University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In Schools for the Blind | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Workshops | (b) Home workers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Schools | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
M. | F. | T. | M. | P. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | P. | 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 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 39 | 63 | 18 | 81 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 126 | 245 | 371 | 192 | 263 | 455 |
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 Teacher# | Knitters | Labourers | Massage | Mat Makers | Ministers of Religion | Musicians and 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Within Institution for the Blind | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | -' | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | i | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
In approved Home Workers Schemes | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 17 | 35 |
Others not part-tea workers) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 39 | |
Total | - | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | - | 17 | 81 |
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE.
(a) Mentally Defective. | (b) Physically Defective. | (c) (i) Deaf (ii) Deaf-mute | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | (i) 6 | (i) 5 | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | |
(ii) 2 | (ii) 1 | 3 |