Table: welfare of the blind—registration. As at 31/3/39.TABLE I.
welfare of the blind—registration. As at 31/3/39.
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 1 50—65 | Age period 65—70 | Age period 70 and over | (i) Total of all age groups (ii) Age unknown |
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| 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. |
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| - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 51 j | 59 | 110 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 46 | 81 | 127 | (i) 187 | (i) 214 | (i) 401 |
| (ii) - | (ii) 2 | (ii) 2 |
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Table: TABLE II.—AGES AT WHICH BLINDNESS OCCURRED. (The total of this Table should agree with the total of Table I.)
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 oyer | Age period Unknown |
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| 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. |
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| 25 | 15 | 40 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 22 | 19 | 41 |
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Table: TABLE III.—Children of School Age, 5—16.
TABLE III.—Children of School Age, 5—16.
| Normal | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective |
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| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
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| In Schools for the Blind | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Other Schools | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Not at School | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
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Table: TABLE IV.—Training and Employment. Age Period 16 and upwards.
TABLE IV.—Training and Employment. Age Period 16 and upwards.
| Employed | Undergoing Training. | (b) Trained but unemployed | (i) No training but trainable | (j) Unemployable | (k) Total |
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| By Blind Organisations | (c) All others not included in (a) and (b) | (d) Total Employed | (e) Industrial | (f) Secondary | (g) Professional and University |
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| (a) Workshops | (b) Home |
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| 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. |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 50 | 18 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | I | 125 | 193 | 318 | 178 | 211 | 389 |
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Table: TABLE Y.—Occupations of Employed Blind Persons included in (d) of Table IY.
TABLE Y.—Occupations of Employed Blind Persons included in (d) of Table IY.
| 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, Shop-Keepers | Firewood Workers | Hardeners | 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 |
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| Mattrees Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine |
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| Within Institution for the Blind | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | | 1 | | - | - | - | 10 | | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 35 |
| Others (not pastime workers) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 21 |
| Total | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | _ | 12 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 12 | - | ' | 68 |
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Table: TABLE YI.— Physically and Mentally Defective (including those given in Table III.)
TABLE YI.— 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 |
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| 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 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | (i) 3 | (1) - | (1) 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| (ii) - | (ii) 2 | (ii) 2 |
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Table: TABLE VII.—Unemployable persons resident in Homes for the Blind, Mental Hospitals or Poor Law Institutions.
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 |
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| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
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