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 Greenwich Borough]
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iii) Occupations of Employed Blind Persons
Occupations | Sheltered Conditions | Ordinary Conditions | TOTAL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Special Wkshops | Home Worker Schemes | |||
Physiotherapists | - | _ | 1 | 1 |
Lecturers, Teacher | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
Instructors | ||||
Clergy & Members | _ | - | - | - |
of Religious | ||||
Orders | ||||
Typists & | - | - | 11 | 11 |
Secretaries | ||||
Braille Copyists | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
& Proof readers | ||||
Telephone Ops. | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Working Proprietors | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Shop Managers | ||||
Machine Tool Ops. | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Fitters & Assemblers | - | — | 3 | 3 |
Viewers & Testers | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Boxers & Packers | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Knitters & Weavers | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
Upholsterers & | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Mattress Makers | ||||
Basket Makers | 10 | 2 | - | 12 |
Mat Makers | 1 | - | — | 1 |
Fend-off Makers | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Labourers | _ | — | 2 | 2 |
Domestic Porters, etc. | — | - | 1 | 1 |
Launderers | _ | - | 1 | 1 |
Miscellaneous | - | 1 | 4 | 5 |
TOTAL | 16 | 9 | 35 | 60 |
Blind Persons—In-Residents (16 Years and Over)
Male | Female | |
---|---|---|
Residential Accommodation (1948 Act Part III (21)) | ||
Homes for Blind | 2 | 7 |
Others | 4 | 5 |
Hospitals for Mentally 111 | — | 3 |
Hospitals for Mentally Sub-normal | 5 | 4 |
Other Hospitals | 1 | 8 |
TOTAL | 12 | 27 |