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 Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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TABLE III - SUMMARY OF OCCUPATIONS OF BLIND PERSONS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1969
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Children | |||
Aged 2-4 years | - | 1 | 1 |
Aged 5-15 years (educable) | - | - | - |
attending special schools | - | - | - |
attending other schools | — | - | - |
(ineducable) in Hospitals for Mentally Sub-normal ! | 1 | - | 1 |
Adults aged 16 years and upwards | |||
At schools | - | 1 | 1 |
Employed in sheltered workshops | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Employed in open employment | 37 | 21 | 58 |
Trainee for open employment | 1 | - | 1 |
Unemployed but capable and available for work; already trained | - | 1 | 1 |
Subject to training for open employment | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Subject to training for sheltered employment | 1 | - | 1 |
Without training in open employment | 2 | - | 2 |
Not available for work, aged 16 - 64 | 17 | 23 | 40 |
Not capable of work, aged 16 - 64 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Not employed, aged over 65 | 58 | 223 | 281 |
TOTAL | 125 | 280 | 405 |
TABLE IV - ANALYSIS OF THE OCCUPATION OF EMPLOYED BLIND PERSONS SHOWN IN TABLE III
Sheltered Workshops | Home Workers Schemes | Open Industry | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Machine Tool Operators | __ | _ | 1 | 1 |
Masseurs and Physiotherapists | - | — | 1 | 1 |
Lecturers, Teachers | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Barristers, Solicitors | - | - | 4 | 4 |
Musicians | - | — | 2 | 2 |
Proprietors, Managers | _ | - | 6 | 6 |
Typists, Secretaries | - | — | 18 | 18 |
Braille Copyists | _ | - | 3 | 3 |
Clerical Workers | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Telephone Operators | • | — | 9 | 9 |
Shop Assistants | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Boxers, fillers, packers | 1 | 1 | ||
Machine Knitters | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Basket Makers | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Piano Tuners | — | - | 1 | 1 |
Domestic Workers | - | — | 2 | 2 |
Other open employment | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Placement Officer | - | - | 1 | 1 : |
TOTAL | 3 | - | 58 | 6l |