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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
East Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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In the following tables, the registration of the blind, ages at which blindness occurred, training and employment and occupations, as at 31.3.35, are set out:—
TABLE 12.
Welfare of the Blind.—Registration.
| Age Period 0—5 | Age Period 5—16 | Age Period 16—21 | Age Period 21—30 | Age Period 30 40 | Age Period 40—50 | Age Period 50—60 | Age Period 60—70 | Age Period 70— | 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. |
| — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 57 | 36 | 47 | 83 | 122 | 112 | 234 |
Ages at which Blindness occurred.
| 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— | 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. | |
| 18 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 11 |
(a) Training and Employment. Age period 16 and upwards.
| Employed | Undergoing Training | Trained but Unemployed (h) | No Training but Trainable (i) | Unemployable (j) | Total (k) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Blind Institutions | All others not included in (a) & (b) (c) | Total employed (d) | Industrial (e) | Secondary (f) | Professional or University (g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workshops (a) | Home Workers (b) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | - | - | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 84 | 96 | 180 | 119 | 110 | 229 |
| Agents, Collectors, etc. | Basket Workers | Bedding (including Divans and Ottomans) and Upholstering. | Boot repairers | Brushes | Carpenters and Woodworkers | Chair Seaters | Ministers of Religion | Clerks, Typists | Telephone Operators | Dealers (Tea Agents, Shopkeepers, etc.) | Domestic Servants | Farmers | Hawkers | Home Teachers | Knitters | Labourers | Massage | Mat Makers | Musicians and Music Teachers | Netting Makers | Newsvendors | Porters, Packers and Cleaners | Poultry Farmers | School Teachers | Straw Bagmakers | Tuners | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | Pan | Wiredrawn | Hand | Machine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institutions for the Blind | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 12 |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 5 |
| Others (not pastime Workers) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | - | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 34 |
Physically and Mentally Defective (All Ages)
| (a) Mentally Defective. | (b) Physically Defective. | (c) Deaf. | (d) Combination of (a) and (b) | (e) Combination of (a) and (c) | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 39 |