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5 Other services for the handicapped
(a) (i) Roberts Hall Work Centre
Attendance during the year were 14,182 out of a possible 21,884
Number on roll at 31st December, 1970 - 154
(a) (ii) Spastic Society Workshop
6 people made 915 attendances
(b) Rehabi litation
Blind persons sent on course - Nil
Other handicapped persons sent - Nil
(c) Sheltered Workshops
Blind persons in sheltered workshops 4
Other handicapped persons in sheltered workshops 2
(d) Homeworkers
Number of blind workers supplemented by the authority 4
Number of blind persons sent on training Nil
(e) Adaptations of Premises
Adaptations carried out in 1970:
Lowering of meters I
Installation of bathroom heaters 2
Drawing of parking space for invalid car I
Raising of floors I
Provision of taps I
Fixing of handrails 63
Provision of downstairs toilets 2
Provision of showers I
Alterations to bathrooms - new baths for the disabled I
Provision of closed way to toilet 2
Provision of access to garden I
Provision of ramps - fixed 2
Provision of ramps - portable 3
Alterations to front elevation of house 2
Carriage crossings I
Raising of electric points I
Provision of electric point I
Provision of visual doorbell 6
Removal of doors I
Building of new bathrooms I
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