London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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M. = Males.
F. = Females.
T. = Total. WELFARE OF THE BUND—REGISTRATION. As at 31/3/48.
TABLE 1.
| 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) Total of all age groups (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 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 50 | 54 | 104 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 60 | 127 | 187 | (i) 202 | (i) 261 | 463 |
| (ii)- | (ii)1 | (iii)3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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. | ||
| 23 | 17 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 28 | 69 | 97 | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
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 | (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 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Workshops | (b) Home workers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Schools | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | F. | |||||||
| Not at School | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 39 | 59 | 19 | 78 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 138 | 245 | 383 | 202 | 264 | 466 |
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 Teachera | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institution for the Blind | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 32 |
| Others not part-time workers) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 16 | 39 |
| Total | - | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 8 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | — | — | - | — | 8 | 10 | — | 16 | 78 |
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 | Public Vssistance Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | P. | 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 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| (ii)2 | (ii)1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||