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5 Other services for the handicapped
(a) (i) Roberts Hall Work Centre
Attendance during the year were 13,086 out of a possible 19,306
Number on roll at 31st December, 1969- 134
(a) (ii) Spastic Society Workshop
5 people made 510 attendances
(b) Rehabilitation
Blind persons sent on course - Nil
Other handicapped persons sent - Nil
(c) Sheltered Workshops
Blind persons in sheltered workshops 5
Other handicapped persons in sheltered workshops 4
(d) Homeworkers
Number of blind workers supplemented by the authority 6
Number of blind persons sent on training Nil
(e) Adaptations of Premises
Adaptations carried out in 1969:
Provision of toilet in existing bathroom 1
Provision of gate 2
Provision of fall bar 1
Fixing of handrails 27
Provision of downstairs toilets 1
Provision of showers 2
Alterations to bathrooms for equipment for the handicapped 1
Alterations to toilets 1
Provision of access to toilet 5
Provision of access to garden 2
Provision of window pull cords 2
Provision of false floors 1
Provision of ramps - fixed 1
Provision of ramps - portable 4
Alterations to front elevation of house 5
Provision of base for Invacar shed 2
Carriage crossings 1
Provision of new steps 4
Raising of electric points 2
Provision of electric point for Invacar battery charging 2
Removal of steps 1
Alterations to hallway 1
Provision of visual doorbell 4
Provision of electric push buttons to operate lifts 1
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