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
Kensington and Chelsea 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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PARTIALLY-SIGHTED PERSONS
The register of partially-sighted persons (Table 1) shows a total of 113; of these
19 were newly registered during the year. An analysis of the causes of partial-sight of the
newly registered is shown in Table IV following.
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
(a) SEVERELY HANDICAPPED:
Thereare 43 persons near and prospectively blind who require the full range of welfare services. Their circumstances are as follows:-
| Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) Employed | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| (ii) Awaiting suitable placement | 3 | - | 3 |
| (iii) Not available for employment or not capable of work | - | 1 | 1 |
| (iv) 65 years of age and over and not capable of employment | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| 13 | 30 | 43 | |
| (b) REQUIRING OBSERVATION ONLY | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| (c) INDUSTRIALLY HANDICAPPED | |||
| 37 persons registered are classified thus:- | |||
| Children aged 16 years and over still at school | - | 1 | 1 |
| Employed | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Undergoing training | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Available for and capable of training or work | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Not available for work | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 13 | 24 | 37 | |
| (d) EDUCATION - One child under 15 years is attending a special day school | _ | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL: | 29 | 84 | 113 |