[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland County Council
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    under Sections 29 and 30 of the Act provides that in making a surve} of the needs of their area for the purpose of the provision of such services, regard shall be had to the welfare services already available, and to discussions which have been opened up with voluntary organisations concerned. At the present time the Carlisle Diocesan Association for the Deaf and Dumb is the only association in the ai'ea pro- \'iding a welfare service for deaf and dumb persons of all denominations. This association is affiliated to the National Institute for the Deaf, and has for its objects :■—• (i) Spiritual instruction ; (ii) .\scertainmcnt and registration of deaf and dumb persons ; (iii) \’isitation of the sick and others in their own lioines ; (iv) tendering assistance in securing the admission of deaf and dumb children into suitable schools ; (\’) Education as far as jiracticable of the adult deaf and dumb whose education has been neglected ; (\ i) Placing of deaf and dumb persons in emploj'inent ; (\ ii) Pro\ ision of recreational facilities. The association operates throughout the geographical counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, the Furness area of the Lancashire County Council and in the area of the County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In the whole area, on the 31st March, 194S, there were 200 deaf and dumb persons on the register, distributed and classihed as follows :— A rea Category Cuvib. C.C. IVesld. C.C. Lancs C.C. {Furness Area) Barrow-in- Furness C.B.C. Carlisle C.B.C. Total School age or under 19 2 2 5 9 37 In institutions 2 1 1 1 1 d In mental hospitals In full-time em])loy- 4 — — — 2 d ment lUarried women at 71 10 9 Id 19 125 home Single women at '■t 4 8 B 10 37 home I'nemplovable by — 1 — 3 — 4 reason of age Unemployable by reason of infirm- 8 2 1 5 (I 22 ity Incapacitated over 7 2 — 5 1 15 whole of j'ear 1 — — — — 1 Unemployed 1 — 1 1 1 4 Pri\ ale means 1 — — — 3 3 1 127 22 17 42 52 2d()