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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 16.
Welfare of the Blind.—Registration. As at 31.3.37. M=Males. In the following tables, the registration of the blind, ages at which blindness occurred, training and employment and occupations, as at 31.3.37, are set out:—
M=Males
F=Female.
T = Total.
| 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 50—65 | Age Period 65—70 | Age Period 70 and over | (l) total of all age groups. (ii) Age 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. |
| — | — | — | — | — | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 37 | 39 | 76 | (i) 116 | 102 | 218 |
| (ii)- | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 and over | Age Period 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. | M. | F. | T. |
| 15 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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 Organisations. | All others not included in (a) & (b) (c) | Total employed (d) | Industrial (e) | Secondary (f) | Professional or University (g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workshops | Home Workers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. |
| 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 82 | 87 | 169 | 116 | 103 | 219 |
Occupations of Employed Blind Persons.
| Agents, Collectors, etc. | Basket Workers | Bedding(including Divans and Ottomans) and Upholstering. | Boot repairers | Braille copyists & Proof Readers | Brush Makers | Carpenters and Woodworkers | Chair Seaters | Clerks and Typists | Coal Bag Makers | Dealers, Tea Agents, News. Agents, Shopkeepers. | Firewood Workers | Gardeners | Hawkers, News. vendors etc. | Home Teachers | Knitters | Labourers | Massage | Mat Makers | Ministers of Religion | Musicians and Music Teachers | Netting Makers | Porters, Packers Cleaners | Poultry Farmers | School Teachers | Ship's Fender (Fendoff) Makers | Telephone Operators | Tuners | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | Machine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institutions for the Blind | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 11 |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| Others (not pastime Workers) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 16 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 32 |
Unemployable persons resident in Homes
Physically and Mentally Defective (including those children 5-16). for the Blind Mental Hospitals or Poor
Law Institutions.
| (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 | Homes for the Blind | Mental Hospitals | Poor Law Institutions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 19 | (i) 8 | (i) 8 | (i) 16 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | 27 | 20 | 47 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| (ii)- | (ii) 2* | (ii) 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Deaf Mutes are also shown in the Deaf column.
Children of School Age 5-16
| Normal | Mentally Defec tive | Physically Defec tive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| In Schools for the Blind | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other Schools | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Not at Schools | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
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