London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
This page requires JavaScript
M =Males F = Females. T = Total.
.TABLE 18.
Welfare of the Blind.—Registration.
In the following tables, the registration of the blind, ages at which blindness occurred, training and employment and occupations, as at 31.3.39, are set out:-
| 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 total of all age groups. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 5 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 89 | (i) 114 (ii) - | 108 1 | 222 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Training and Employment. Age period 16 and upwards.
| Employed | Undergoing Training | Trained but Unemployed (h) | No Training but Trainable M | Unemployable m | Total Ik) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Blind Organisations. | All others not included in (a) & (b) (c) | Total employed (d) | Industrial (el | Secondary (f) | Professional and 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. |
| 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 10 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 80 | 96 | 176 | Ill | 107 | 218 |
Occupations of Employed Blind Persons
| Agents, Collectors, etc. | Basket Workers | Bedding(including Divans and Ottomans) and Upholstering. | Boot repairers | Braille copyists 6 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 | vShip's Fender (Fendoff) Makers | Telephone Operators | T uners | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hand | Machine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Within Institutions for the Blind | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 15 |
| In approved Home Workers Schemes | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 7 |
| Others (not pastime Workers) | — | 1 | — | — | —| | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 11 |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
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 fiil 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 I | ?_ | T. |
| 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | (i) 7 (ii) — | (i) 12 (ii) 3 + | (i) 19 (ii) 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 24 | 44 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 j 14 | |
Children of School Age 5-16*
| Normal. | Mentally Defective | Physi-cally Defective | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| In Schools for the Blind | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other Schools | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Not at School | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
* Plus 1 Child under 5 f Deaf Mutes are also shown in the Deaf column.