[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to record that the sales of goods at the Society’s Depot in EniiDanuel Street, Cambridge, have shown a good increase during the year. Sales were also effected at blower Shows and at a sale on private premises. The Society are, however, anxious to do more business in order to keep the blind workers better employed, and it is greatly hoped that the public will keej) their Depot in mind. Much is done by kindly disposed private persons for promoting Social gatherings to brighten the lives of blind persons, but there are many who are in poor circumstances who require a little extra assistance in various ways from time to time. Funds available from official sources are not available for these purposes and it is essential that the subscription and donation list should be enlarged to meet such needs, as the fiuMs hitherto received from private sources have been very limited. Some relief is. hoped for from an arrangemeiit recently entered into with the National Institute for the BlinI regarding local collections, in order to avoid the overla])ping which has existed in the past. The problem of tbe unemployable blind bas been the subject of conference between the Society and the County Council, and was 'Still under consideration at the end of the year. MENTAT. EEFTCTENCY ACT. Diu'ing the year 81 cases newly notified under the ])rovisions of the Mental Deficiency Act were reported upon to the ( ommittee. Of these. 17 were notified as neglected (11 by the Cambridgesliire Voluntary Association, 8 by the Poor Law Guardians, 2 by Police, and 1 privately), and 14 by the Borough and County Education Committees.