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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 15.
Work of the Visitor to the Blind.
| Year. | No. of technically Blind Persons on Register. | No. of Visits to same. | No. of Partially Blind Persons | No. of Visits to same | Other Visits. | Total Visits. | No. of Lessons Given | Lessons Given in | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Basket Work. | Braille | Moon. | Knitting. | Crochet. | Wool Ball Work. | Manual. | Straw - bag making | |||||||||
| Daily. | Eve'ng. | |||||||||||||||
| 1932 | 221 | 4,607 | 52 | 77 | 96 | 5 | 4,760 | 440 | — | 219 | 58 | 59 | 31 | 38 | 35 | — |
| 1933 | 226 | 3,970 | 59 | 92 | 145 | 5 | 4,179 | 435 | — | 275 | 75 | 37 | 31 | — | 17 | — |
| 1934 | 235 | 4,380 | 37 | 125 | 212 | 4 | 4,633 | 488 | — | 201 | 123 | 114 | 26 | — | 24 | — |
| 1935 | 231 | 3,987 | 46 | 120 | 199 | 5 | 4,237 | 401 | 20 | 159 | 107 | 56 | 32 | — | 27 | — |
| 1936 | 224 | 2,456 | 41 | 149 | 236 | 5 | 2,738 | 487 | — | 232 | 147 | 54 | 33 | — | 21 | — |
Note. The decrease in the number of visits is due to the fact that Miss Kingston attended hospital several days
per week for the treatment of an injury sustained in the course of her duties. Also that visits formerly made in
connection with payments to blind persons have now ceased.