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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CROSFIELD INDUSTRIAL UNIT
The number of severely disabled persons employed in the sheltered workshop section on 31.12.70 was 98, made up as shown below. The comparable figures for 1969 are shown in brackets.
| Type of disability | Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental illness | 24 | (24) | 18 | (18) | 42 | (42) | |||||
| Subnormality | 22 | (16) | 5 | (6) | 27 | (22) | |||||
| Severe Subnormality | 7 | (8) | 8 | (7) | 15 | (15) | |||||
| Physical handicap | 12 | (13) | 2 | (2) | 14 | (15) | |||||
| 65 | (61) | 33 | (33) | 98 | (94) | ||||||
| 1 male (7) and 4 female (1) attend from Warlingham Park Hospital. | |||||||||||
| Totals of employees admitted via:— | Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
| Assessment & Rehabilitation Section | 9 | (11) | 6 | (2) | 15 | (13) | |||||
| Disablement Resettlement Officer | 1 | (4) | 1 | (-) | 2 | (4) | |||||
| Warlingham Park Hospital | . | (3) | . | (2) | - | (5) | |||||
| Waylands | 2 | (-) | _ | (-) | 2 | (-) | |||||
| Day Hospitals | . | (1) | . | (2) | - | (3) | |||||
| Social Worker | 1 | (-) | - | (•) | 1 | (-) | |||||
| 13 | (19) | 7 | (6) | 20 | (25) | ||||||
| Number of employees leaving unit: | |||||||||||
| Open employment | 6 | (13) | |||||||||
| Waylands | 1 | (1) | |||||||||
| Died | 1 | (4) | |||||||||
| Other causes | 8 | (12) | |||||||||
| 16 | (30) | ||||||||||
| The number of non-sheltered workshop trainees as at 31.12.70 was 7 (4), there being 15 admissions during the year and 12 discharges. | |||||||||||
| Remuneration | 1970 | 1969 | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| Total paid out as pocket money (non-sheltered workshop group) | 525. | 7. | 0. | 473. | 0. | 6. | |||||
| Total amount paid out as wages | 54,448. | 19. | 9. | 49,652. | 18. | 7. | |||||
| £54,974. | 6. | 9. | £50,125. | 19. | 1. | ||||||