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Croydon 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE I.
WELFARE OF THE BLIND—REGISTRATION. As at 31/3/37.
Name of Authority: CROYDON.
| 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. | |
| – | - | - | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 51 | 51 | 102 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 48 | 78 | 126 | (i) 191 | (i) 204 | (i) 395 | |
| (ii)– | (ii) 2 | (ii) 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M.=Male. | F.=Female. | T.=Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TABLE III.—Children of School Age, 5—16.
| Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| In Schools for the Blind | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Other Schools | — | — | – | — | — | — |
| Not at School | — | — | – | 1 | – | — |
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 70 and over | Age period 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. | M. | F. | T. |
| 22 | 12 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 19 | 20 | 39 |
TABLE IV.—Training and Employment. Age Period 16 and upwards.
| Employed | Undergoing Training. | (h) Trained but unemployed | (i) No training but trainable | (j) Unemployable | (k) Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Blind Organisations | (c) All others not included in (a) and (b) | (d) Total Employed | (e) Industrial | (f) Secondary | (g) Professional and University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (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 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 51 | 17 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 127 | 182 | 309 | 182 | 203 | 385 |
TABLE V.—Occupations of Employed Blind Persons included in (d) of Table IV.
| Agents, Collectors, &c. | Basket Workers | Bedding (including Divans & Ottomans) and Upholstering | Boot Repairers | Braille Copyists and Proof Readers | Brush Makers | Carpenters and Woodworkers | Chairseaters | Clerks and Typists | Coal Bag Makers | Dealers, Tea Agents, Newsagents, ShopKeepers | 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 Fanners | 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 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | - | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | 34 . |
| Other (not pastime workers) | — | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 22 |
| Total | - | 7 | — | – | — | 2 | — | — | – | 5 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 14 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 13 | — | — | 68 |
TABLE VI.—Physically and Mentally Defective (including those given in Table III.)
| (a) Mentally Defective. | (b) Physically Defective. | (c) (i) Deaf (ii) Deaf-mute | Combinations of (a) and (b) | Combinations of (a) and (c) | Combinations of (b) and (c) | Combinations of (a), (b), (c) | 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. |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | a | 3 | 12 | (i) 7 | (i) 6 | (i) 13 | 1 | – | 1 | – | — | — | – | – | — | — | — | — | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| (ii) - | (ii) 2 | (ii) 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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. |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 |