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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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M. = Males,
F. = Females.
T. = Total.
WELFARE OF THE BLIND —REGISTRATION. As at 31/3/38.
TABLE I.
| 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. |
| - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 54 | 53 | 107 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 50 | 76 | 126 | (i) 192 (ii) - | (i) 210 (ii) 2 | (i) 402 (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 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. |
| 25 | 15 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 20 | 17 | 37 |
TABLE III.—Children of School Age, 5—16.
| Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| In Schools for the Blind | 8 | 2 | — | - | — | — |
| Other Schools | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Not at School | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
TABLE IV. —Training and Employment. Age Period 16 and upwards.
| Employed | Undergoing Training. | (h) | (i) | (j) | (k) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Blind Organisations | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Workshops | (b) Home workers | All others not included in (a) and (b) | Total Employed | Industrial | Secondary | Professional and University | Trained but unemployed | No training but trainable | Unemployable | 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. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 47 | 20 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 130 | 185 | 315 | 183 | 208 | 391 | ||
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, Newevendors, &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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institution lor the Blind | — | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | - | — | - | - | - | 13 |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 |
| Others (not pastime workers) | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | - | _ | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 20 | |
| Total | — | 7 | - | - | — | 1 | — | — | - | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | — | 3 | — | 4 | 13 | — | 1 | 67 | |
TABLE VI.—Physically and Mentally Defective (including those given in Table III.)
| (a) | (b) | (c) | Combinations of (a) and (b) | Combinations of (a) and(c) | Combinations of (b) and (c) | Combinations of (a). (b). (c) | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentally Defective. | Physically Defective. | (i) Deaf (ii) Deaf-mute | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 9 | 3 | 12 | (i) 7 (ii) - | (i) 6 (ii) 2 | (i) 13 (ii) 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | 21 | 12 | 33 | |
TABLE YII.—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. |
| — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 |