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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Training and Employment.
(a) Severely handicapped
There are fifty persons near and prospectively blind who require the full range of welfare services. Their circumstances are as follows:-
| Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Awaiting suitable placement | 1 | 1 | ||
| Not available for employment or not capable of work | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 65 years of age and over and not capable of employment | 7 | 33 | 40 | |
| 12 | 38 | 50 |
(b) Requiring observation only 2 18 20
(c) Industrially handicapped
The remaining persons registered are classified thus:-
| Children aged 16 years and over still at school | 1 | 1 | |
| Employed | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Undergoing training | 1 | 1 | |
| Available for and capable of training or work | 2 | 2 | |
| Not available for work | 6 | 29 | 35 |
| 17 | 33 | 50 |
(d) Education
Three children under 15 years
are attending special day schools 1 2 3
TOTAL 32 91 123
Table I - Partially Sighted Persons (Registered) for the year ended 31st December. 1966. showing the distribution by age groups of the partially sighted population:-
| 0-1 | 2-4 | 5-15 | 16-20 | 21-49 | 50-64 | 65 and over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | — | - | 1 | - | 14 | 1 | 16 | 32 |
| Females | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 69 | 91 |
| TOTAL | - | - | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 85 | 123 |