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Radio Sets
Acting on behalf of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund, the department issued 17 new sets
and four secondhand sets to blind persons during the nine month period. Two gift sets were issued
to partially-sighted persons.
The Council keeps the sets in repair and provides batteries when required.
Wireless licence exemption certificates were supplied to 19 new cases.
Deaf Blind
There are two persons on the register who are deaf blind and two who are deaf/partiallysighted.
These people need special attention and this Borough is sharing the services of a specialist
Deaf Blind Home Teacher who is employed by the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.
A special holiday at Littlehampton was arranged for the deaf blind of the former Middlesex
County Council area during the summer and two persons from this Borough were included.
Guide Dogs for the Blind
One blind person from the Borough received a guide dog from The Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association.
Toe H Tape Recordings
During the year Uxbridge Toe H started a new service for the blind. This took the form of
making available to the housebound blind local news and current affairs which had been recorded
on tape.
Domiciliary Visits
During the period 1st April, 1965-31st December, 1965, Home Teachers of the Blind made
1,031 domiciliary visits to blind and partially-sighted persons.
Middlesex Association for the Blind
This voluntary Association continued to give valuable support to the blind and partially-sighted
persons in the Borough, both by assisting financially and in organising various functions of interest
to them.
Industrial Rehabilitation
In conjunction with the Ministry of Labour arrangements were made for one blind person from
the Borough to undergo a period of industrial rehabilitation. The man concerned has since been
found employment by the Blind Persons' Resettlement Officer of the Ministry.
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