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East Ham 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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In the following tables, the registration of the blind, ages at which blindness occurred, training and employment and occupations, as at 31.3.36, are set out:— 42a

M=Males F=Females. T=Total.

TABLE 13.

W elfare of the B lind.— R egistration. Asat31.3.36.

Age Period 0—1Age Period 1—5Age Period 5—16Age Period 16—21Age Period 21—40Age Period 40—50Age Period 50—65Age Period 65—70Age Period 70 and over(i) Total of all age groups. (ii) Age Unknown
M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.TM.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.
------325134171128181028312455171431384482(i) 125108233
(ii) —11
Ages at which Blindness occurred.
Age Period 0—1Age Period 1—5Age Period 5—10Age Period 10—20Age Period 20—30Age Period 30—40Age Period 40—50Age Period 50—60Age Period 60—70Age Period 70 and overAge Period Unknown
M.F.T.M.F.T.MF.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.TM.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.
15924134661245913518108181312251814322525501416306612
Children of .School Age 5-l6
Normal.Mentally DefectivePhysically DefectiveTraining and Employment. Age period 16 and upwards.
EmployedUndergoing TrainingTrained but Unemployed (h)No Training but Trainable (i)Unemployable (j)Total (k)
MFMFMF
By Blind Institutions.All others not included in (a & (b) (c)Total employed (d)Industrial (e)Secondary (f)Professional or University (g)
In Schools for the Blind11----
Workshops (a)Home Workers (b)
M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.N.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.
Other Schools-----15611415135182212343141-1---5-52248992181122107229
Not at Schools--2---
Occupations of Employed.
Agents, Collectors, etc.Basket WorkersBeddmg(including Divans and Ottomans) and Upholstering.| Boot repairersBraille copyists & Proof ReadersBrush MakersCarpenters and WoodworkersChair SeatersClerks and TypistsCoal Bag MakersTea News-Shop-Firewood WorkersGardenersHawkers, News vendors etcHome TeachersknittersLabourersMassageMat MakersMinisters of ReligionMusicians and Music TeachersNetting MakersPorters, Packers CleanersPoultry FarmersSchool TeachersShip's Fender (Fendoff)MakersTelephone OperatorsTunersWeaversMiscellaneousTotal
| HandMachine
Mat-tress MakersMachi- nistsUphol- sterersDealers, Agents, Agents, keepers
Within Institutions for the Blind123---------------1-----1------4-12
In approved Home Workers Schemes-----1------------1-----------3--5
Others (not pastime Workers)-1---2--1-2-1--4----1--------2--317-
Total133--3-1-2-1--4--2-1---1----234334
Unemployable persons resident in Homes Physically and Mentally Defective (including those children 5-16). for the Blind Mental Hospitals or Poor Law Institutions.
(a) Mentally Defective(b) Physically Defective(c) (i) Deaf (ii) Deaf-muteCombinations of (a) and (b)Combinations of (a) and (c)Combinations of (b) and (c)Combinations of (a), (b), (c)TotalHomes for the BlindMental HospitalsPoor Law Institutions
M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.M.F.T.MF.T.M.F.T.MF.T.
5278715(i) 8(i) 9(i) 17---1-1------221840-111236915
(ii) -(ii) 2(ii) 2*

*Deaf Mutes are also shown in the Deaf column.