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BLIND PERSONS ACT. 1920.
Close co-operation has been maintained with the Croydon
Voluntary Association for the Blind. The blind persons residing
in Croydon are visited at regular intervals by the Health
Visitors.
I am indebted to the Secretary of the Voluntary Association
for the figures below : —
Number of Blind on Register 466
Number of Blind who benefit from instruction in
Braille or Moon type (including those who
already read) 185
Number of Blind who benefit from part-time instruction
Ill
Number in remunerative handicrafts—
(a) Home worker 32
(b) In workshops 7
(c) St. Dunstan's 18
(d) Workers not included in scheme 39
Home Teachers 4
The Health Visitors paid 551 visits to blind persons during
the year.
The following Table shows:—
(a) The number of blind persons registered.
(b) The ages at which blindness occurred.
(c) The method of training.
(d) The occupations of employed blind persons.
(e) The defective blind.
(f) The unemployable blind persons in homes, mental
hospitals or institutions.