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Disabled drivers
In accordance with the Ministry regulations, disabled drivers windscreen badges
have been issued by this department as follows:-
No. of badges issued at 31.12.69 126
No. of removals since 31.12.69 5
No. of new badges issued since 31.12.69 29
Total number of car badges issued at 31.12.70 150
Holidays for the handicapped

Total number of persons and relatives to be assisted
with holidays 153
Estimated cost to the borough of this project in the
year under review £2,000
Welfare of the Blind and Partially-Sighted
As in previous years, the annual return submitted to the Department of Health
and Social Security on 31st December each year, has been taken as a basis of appraisal of
the work of the department in relation to the blind and partially-sighted. The total number
of registered persons as at 31.12.70 was:-
Blind 376 Partially-Sighted 94
Corresponding
figures
at 31.12.69 Blind 378 Partially-Sighted 97

Of the 376 blind persons, 50 had other defects, e.g. this number includes 16 who were physically
handicapped, 8 who were mentally handicapped, 15 were hard of hearing, 6 were deaft, and one
deaf without speech. Four had multiple defects in addition to blindness, e.g. one being mentally
handicapped, physically defective and deaf without speech; two physically defective and hard
of hearing, and one mentally and physically handicapped. Most of these doubly handicapped
persons live at home and are made the subject of special and frequent visits by the social
welfare officer for the blind.
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