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The social welfare officers teach Braille, Moon and
handicrafts etc., and also arrange for the provision of talking books,
wireless sets, books and periodicals. A weekly handicraft class is
held in Surbiton.
During the year assistance was given as follows:
1 newly blind person was sent on an
industrial rehabilitation course
2 newly blind persons were sent on
social rehabilitation courses
35 people were in attendance at the
handicraft class
26 people made articles in their own
homes as occupational therapy
7 people were taught Braille
14 people were taught Moon
Kingston upon Thames Association for the Blind
This Association for the Blind, which is a registered charity,
has continued to support the Borough Council with its work for the blind
and partially sighted persons within the borough and has provided many
extras which might not otherwise be available, such as special equipment,
repairs to wireless sets, books, magazines, bedding, fuel, fires, grocery
parcels, cigarettes, toiletries etc.
Walfare of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(a) The Register
The number of persons with total or substantial hearing loss
registered with the department shows a decrease of 9 under the previous
year and the total number on the register at the present time is 102.
This decrease is occasioned by an exceptionally high number of deaths
of persons on this register.
The male social welfare officer for the deaf and hard of
hearing was seconded to a two year course for the Certificate of Social
Work during September 1968.