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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(iv) OCCUPATIONS OF EMPLOYED BLIND PERSONS
Occupations | Sheltered Conditions | Ordinary Conditions | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Special Workshops | Home Worker Schemes | |||
Physiotherapists | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Lecturers, Teachers and Instructors | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
Other Professional Workers | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Typists and Secretaries | - | 1 | 9 | 10 |
Braille Copyists and Proof Readers | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Clerical Workers | _ | — | 1 | 1 |
Telephone Operators | 1 | - | 3 | 4 |
Shop Managers and Proprietors | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Street Vendors | — | - | 1 | 1 |
Machine Tool Operators | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Fitters and Assemblers | _ | - | 2 | 2 |
Viewers, Inspectors and Testers | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Boxers, Fillers and Packers | — | _ | 1 | 1 |
Knitters and Weavers | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
Basket Makers | 10 | 2 | - | 12 |
Mat Makers | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Brush Makers | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Labourers | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Domestics, Porters, etc | — | - | 1 | 1 |
Launderers, Dry Cleaners | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Miscellaneous Service | — | — | — | |
Workers | -— | - | 4 | 4 |
TOTALS | 17 | 8 | 35 | 60 |
(v) BLIND PERSONS—IN-RESIDENTS (16 years and over)
Male | Female | |
---|---|---|
Residential Accommodation (1948 Act, Part III (21)) Homes for Blind | 3 | 5 |
Others | 3 | 4 |
Homes (N.H.S.A. 1946—Section 28) | — | 1 |
Other Residential Homes | — | 1 |
Hospitals for Mentally 111 | — | 1 |
Hospitals for Mentally Sub-normal | 3 | 7 |
Other Hospitals | 1 | 3 |
TOTAL | 10 |