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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

West Ham 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: TABLE IV.Nature of Employment.

TABLE IV.

Nature of Employment.

Within Workshops for the Blind
Basket Makers4
Mattress Makers5
Brush Makers13
Machine Knitters1
Labourers1
Mat Makers4
28
As Approved Home Workers2
Hand Knitters2
All Others, not Part-time Workers
Clerks and Typists1
Dealers, tea agents, newsagents, shopkeepers2
Factory Operatives
(Open Sheltered) Employment2
Home Teachers1
Labourers2
Musicians and Music Teachers1
Office Executives1
Porters, packers and cleaners6
Telephone operators4
Open Employment, other than already catalogued1 21
Grand Total:51

Table: TABLE V.Cases registered blind with Associated Defects Physically and Mentally Defective and Mentally Disordered - all ages.

TABLE V.

Cases registered blind with Associated Defects Physically and Mentally Defective and Mentally Disordered - all ages.

M.F.TOTAL.
Mentally disordered7714
Mentally Defective5712
Physically Defective12719
Deaf without speech-1111
Deaf with speech71017
Hard of Hearing131528
Mentally Disordered and Deaf without Speech-11
Physically Defective and Deaf without Speech-11
Physically Defective and Hard of Hearing112
Total:456o105