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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
Croydon 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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M.=Males
F.=Females.
T.=Total.
| Age period 0—1 | Age period 1—5 | Age period 5—16 | Age period 16—21 | Age period 21—40 | Age period 40—50 | Age period 50—65 | Age period 65—70 | Age period 70 and over | (i) Total of all age groups (ii) Age unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| - | — | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 50 | 25 | 19! | 44 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 41 | 37 | 78 | 42 | 78 | 120 | (i) 182 | (i) 109 | (i) 381 | |
| (ii) - | (ii) 2 | (ii) 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TABLE II.—AGES AT WHICH BLINDNESS OCCURRED. (The total of this Table should agree with the total of Table I.)
| Age period 0—1 | Age period 1—5 | Age period 5—10 | Age period 10—20 | Age period 20—30 | Age period 30—40 | Age period 40—50 | Age period 50—60 | Age period 60—70 | Age period | Age period | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| 23 | 15 | 38 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 25 | 32 | 57 |
TABLE III.—Children of School Age, 5—16.
| Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| In Schools for the Blind | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Other Schools | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sot at School | — | — | — | 1 | — | - |
| Employed | Undergoing Training. | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Blind Organisations | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All others not included in (a) and (b) | Total Employed | Industrial | Secondary | Professional and University | Trained but. unemployed | No training but trainable | Unemployable | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Workshops | (b) Home | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 52 | 18 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 118 | 176 | 294 | 173 | 197 | 370 |
| Agents, Collectors, &c. | Basket Workers | Bedding (including Divans & Ottomans) and Upholstering | Boot Repairers | Braille Copyists and Proof Readers | Brush Makers | Carpenters and Woodworkers | Cbairseaters | Clerks and Typists | Coal Bag Makers | Dealers, Tea Agents, Newsagents, Shop-Keepers | Firewood Workers | Gardeners | Hawkers, News-vendors, &c. | Home Teachers | Knitters | Labourers | Massage | Mat Makers | Ministers of Religion | Musicians and Music Teachers | Netting Makers | Porters, Packers, Cleaners | Poultry Farmers | School Teachers | Ships Fender (Fendoff) Makers | Telephone Operators | Tuners | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makers Mattress | Machinists | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institution for the Blind | — | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | -1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 33 |
| Others (not pastime workers) | - | - | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | - | - | — | 5 | — | — | — | 24 | ||
| Total | - | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | 14 | — | i | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | 13 | — | — | 70 |
| (a) Mentally Defective. | (b) Physically Defective. | (c) (i) Deaf (ii) Deaf-mute | Combinations | Combinations | Combinations | Combinations | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F, | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | (i) 8 (ii) - | (i) 6 (ii) 1 | (i) 14 (ii) 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 110 | 24 |
TABLE VII.—Unemployable persons resident in Homes for the Blind, Mental Hospitals or Poor Law Institutions.
| Homes for the Blind | Mental Hospitals | Poor Law Institutions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| — | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 |