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 East Ham]
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TABLE 15.
Year. | No. of technically Blind Persons on Register. | No. of Visits to same. | No. of Partially Blind Persons | No. of Visits to same | Other Visits. | Total Visits. | No. of Lessons Given | Lessons Given in | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cane Basket Work. | Braille | Moon. | Knitting. | Crochet. | Wool Ball Work. | Manual. | Straw bag making | |||||||||
Daily. | Eve'ng. | |||||||||||||||
1934 | 235 | 4,380 | 37 | 125 | 212 | 4 | 4,633 | 488 | — | 201 | 123 | 114 | 26 | — | 24 | — |
1935 | 231 | 3,987 | 46 | 120 | 199 | 5 | 4,237 | 401 | 20 | 159 | 107 | 56 | 32 | — | 27 | — |
1936 | 224 | 2,456 | 41 | 149 | 236 | 5 | 2,738 | 487 | — | 232 | 147 | 54 | 33 | — | 21 | — |
1937 | 223 | 2,061 | 34 | 178 | 217 | — | 2,312 | 442 | — | 230 | 94 | 57 | 31 | — | 30 | — |
1938 | 223 | 2,027 | 35 | 156 | 218 | — | 2,280 | 386 | — | 195 | 85 | 52 | 29 | — | 25 | — |