London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Occupations of Employed Blind Persons.
| Agents,Collectors etc. | Basket Workers | Bedding(in cluding divans and Ottomans & Upholstering | Boot Repairers | Braille Copyists and Proof readers | Brushmakers | Carpenters and Woodworkers | Chairseaters | Clerks and Typists | Coal bag makers | Dealers,Tea agents Newsagents,Shopkeepers. | Firewood workers. | Gardeners | Hawkers, News vendors etc. | Home Teachers | Knitters | Massage | ' Mat makers | Ministers of Religion. | Musicians & Music teachers | Netting makers. | Porters,packers cleaners. | Poultry Farmers. | School teachers | Ships Fender (Fender) makers | Telephone Operators | Tuners | Weavers | Miscellaneous. | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
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| Mattress Makers | Machinists i | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine | Labourers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institution for the Blind | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Others (not pastime workers | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Mentally Defective | (b) PhysicallyDefective | (c) Deaf(i) Deaf muto (ii) | Combinations of (a) & (b) | Combinations of (a) & (b) | Combinations of (b) & (c) | Combinations of (a) (b) & (c). | Total | Homes for the Blind | Mental Hospitals | Poor Law Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | M | 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 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | (i) 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (ii) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||