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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 16.
Welfare of the Blind.—Registration. As at 31.3.38. In the following tables, the registration of the blind, ages at which blindness occurred, training and employment and occupations, as at 31.3.38, 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 | (i) lotal of all age groups. (ii) Age Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 41 | 77 | (i) 116 (ii) | 110 1 | 226 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. | r. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T | M | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Children of School Age 5-1 | Training and Employment. Age period 16 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Normal. | Mentally Defective | Physically Defective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kmployed | Undergoing Training | Trained but Unemployed | No Training but Trainable | Unemployable | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In | M | F | M | F | F | By Blind Organisations. | All others not included in (a & (b) | ) Total employed | Industrial | Secondary | Professional or University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools for the Blind | 1 | — | — | — | - | -1 | Workshops (a) | Ho | me Wc (b) | >rkers | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (k) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
| Other Schools | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 232 | J 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 84 | 94 | 178 | 116 | 1l1 | 227 | |||||
| Not at | — | - | 1 | — | - | - — | 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, NewsAgents, Shopkeepers. | Firewood Workers | j 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 | vShip's Fender (Pendoff) Makers] | Telephone | Tuner | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total | ||||||||||||||
| | Hand | Machine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institutions for the Blind | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 11 | |||||||||
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 8 | ||||||||||
| Others (not pastime Workers) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 13 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Physically and Mentally Defective (including those children 5-16). | Unemployable persons resident in Homes for the Blind, Mental Hospitals or Poor Law Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Mentally Defective | (b) Physically Defective | (c) (i Deaf (ii) Deaf-mute | Combinations of (a)nd (b) | Combinations of (a) and (c) | Combinations of (b) and (c) | Combinations of (a), (b), (c). | Total | Homes for th Blind | Mental Hospitals | Poor Law Institutions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | T. | M | F. | T. | M. | P. | 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 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 15 | (i) 8 (i) (ii) — (ii) | 9 31 | (i) 17 (ii) 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | - — | 21 | 23 | 44 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||
* Deaf Mutes are also shown in the Deaf column.