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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
Kingston upon Thames 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Employment of Registered Blind Persons
The following tables indicate the pattern of full time employment
of persons on the register:
Persons in full employment under ordinary conditions
| Age Groups: | 16-20 | 21-39 | 40-9 | 50-59 | 60-64 | 65 and over | Total employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | — | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 |
| Female | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 32 |
The people in this table are engaged in the following occupations:
Masseurs and Physiotherapists 2 Machine Tool Operators 3
Lecturers, Teachers 1 Storekeepers and Assistants 1
Barristers, Solicitors, Boot and Shoe Repairers 1
related workers 1 Craftsmen/Process Workers 9
Telephone Operators 7 Labourers 1
Shop -Assistants/Salesmen 1 Miscellaneous Workers 4
Total = 32
Partially Sighted Register
Partially sighted persons are defined as "substantially and permanently
handicapped by congenitally defective vision, or in whose case illness or injury
has caused defective vision of a substantial and permanently handicapping
character " The following is a summary by age of those persons included on
the register at 31st December 1967, shows a reduction of six over the figure
for 1966.
The following is a summary by age of those persons included on the register at 31st December 1967, shows a reduction of six over the figure for 1966.
| Age Groups: | 0-1 | 2-4 | 5-15 | 16-20 | 21 -49 | 50-64 | 65 & over | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | - | 2 | _ | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| Female | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 22 | 29 |
| Totals | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 56 |