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5 Other services for the handicapped
(a) Roberts Hall Occupation Centre
Attendances during the year were 10,602 out of a possible 14,674.
Number on roll at 31st December, 1967 - 92
(b) Rehabilitation
Blind persons sent on course 1
Other handicapped persons sent 1
(c) Sheltered Workshops
Blind persons in sheltered workshops 5
Other handicapped persons in sheltered workshops Nil
(d) Homeworkers
Number of blind workers supplemented by the authority 6
Number of blind persons sent on training Nil
(e) Adaptation of Premises
Adaptations carried out in 1967:
Handrails 48
Alterations to enable patients to use back garden 2
Installation of pull cords to open windows 4
Replacing of stepS 3
Car crossings 1
Ramps 1
Cutting out of bath panels 1
Pull lights 1
Raising power points 1
Flashing doorbell lights 2
Removal of threshold 1
Laying path and apron in garden 1
Renewing boards in ramp 1
Installing bath 1
Installing toilet pans 1
Adaptations to toilet seat etc 1
Adapting bath enclosure and work top 1
Total adaptations 71
(f) Aids for Handicapped Persons
Aids issued in 1967 - 545 (see table)
(g) Holidays for Handicapped Persons
For the blind 35
For others 197
Personal helpers (both categories) 27
(h) Disabled Drivers
Car badges issued 40
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