[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council.
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![60a T.=»Total NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. WELFARE OF THE BLIND—REGISTRATION, as at 3l8t March, 1946. TABLE I. Age Period. 0-1 H, F. T. Age Period. 1-5 M. F. T. Age Period. 5-16 M. F. T. Age Period. 16-21 M. F, T. Age Period. 21-40 M. F. T. Age Period. 40-50 M. r. T. Age Period. 50-65 M. F. T. Age Period. 65-70 M. F. T. Age Period. 70 and over. M. F. T. (i) Total of all Age Groupe. (ii) Age Unknown. M. F. T. - - - - 1 ' 1 1 7 10 17 7 4 11 41 28 69 37 21 58 72 74 146 36 30 66 120 130 250 (i) 321 (U) - (i) 297 (ii) - (i) 618 (ID - TABLE II.—AGES AT WHICH BLINDNESS OCCURRED. Age Period. 0-1 H. F. T. Age Period. 1-5 M. F. T. Age Period. 5-10 M. F. T. Age Period. 10-20 M. F. T. Age Period. 20-30 M. F. T. Age Period. 30-40 M. ?. T. Age Period. 40-50 M. F. T. Age Period. 50-60 M. F. T. Age Period. 60-70 M. F. T. Age Period. 70 and over. M. F. T. Age Period. Unknown. M. F. T. 34 33 67 11 9 20 19 14 33 10 16 26 31 16 47 20 16 36 41 40 81 44 48 92 64 53 117 45 49 94 2 3 ! 5 TABLE III. Children of School Age, 5—16. Normal. M. F. Mentally Defective. M. F. Physically Defective. M. F. 0 Schools ior the Blind 5 8 - - - - ,1ber Schools 1 1 1 - - - btat School ; 1 1 - - - - TABLE IV.—TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, AGE PERIOD 16 AND UPWARDS. EMPLOYED. By Blind Organisations. (a) Workshops. M. F. T. 8 11 (b) Home Workers. M. F. T. (e) All others not in¬ cluded in (o) and (6) M. F. T. id) Total Employed. M. F. T. 16 9 25 12 13 36 13 49 UNDERGOING TRAINING. (e) Industrial. (/) Secondary. io) Professional and University. H. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. 2 3 5 — — — — 1 — — ih) Trained but Unemployed. M. F. T. — 1 (0 1 No Training ' but Trainable. M. F. T. — — “ 1 U) Unemployable. M. F. T. 271 546 M. ik) TOTAL. F. T. 313 2S7 * 600 TABLE V—OCCUPATIONS OF EMPLOYED BLIND PERSONS INCLUDED IN (d) OF TABLE IV. *2“ 5 O o a a> ec < Basket Workers. Bedding (including Divans Ottomans) and Upholstering. Boot Repairers. Braille Copyists and Proof Readers. Brushmakers. 1 Carpenters and Woodworkers. Chairseaters. Clerks and Typists. Coalbag Makers. Dealers, Tea Agents, Newsagents, Shop Keepers. Firewood Workers. • a a > QO Home Teachers. Knitters. 1 Labourers. Massage. Mat Makers. Ministers of Religion. Musicians and Music Teachers. Netting Makers. Porters, Packers, Cleaners. Poultry Farmers. 1 1 School Teachers. Shlpsfender (Fendoff) Makers. Telephone Operators. Tuners. Weavers. t 1 s 2 1 S >> t- ■4.9 OC •5 c ] •4.9 X >> Mattress Makers. CD ■s *3 S 1 Upholsterers. Gardeners. Hawkers, Ne dors, etc. Hand. Machine. Ithln Institutions for * Blind. • • 3 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 3 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft • • • • ft • • ft ft ft ft 3 ft ft ft ft 2 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft • • ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft (Approved Homeworkers h^es. • • 3 ft ft ft ft ft ft 8 ft ft 1 ft ft ft • ft ft ft ft 2 ft • • ft ft 1 7 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft • • 3 ft ft ft ft j i tters (not Pastime ^^orkers) • • ft ft • ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft • • ft ft ft ft ft ft 1 ft ft ft ft 1 ft ft 1 1 ft ft ft ft ft ft * * ft ft 1 1 ft ft 3 1 4 '' TOTAL .. • • ft ft ft ft ft ft 8 ft ft 4 ft ft ft ft ft ft 2 ft ft ft ft ft ft 2 10 ft ft 1 2 1 1 ft ft ft ft ft • « ft 1 4 ft ft 3 4 H O H 11 25 13 49 TABLE VI.—PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DEFECTIVE. (Includirg those given in Table III.) (a) Mentally Defective. M. F. T. 10 1 18 (W Physically Defective. M. F. (c) (i) Deaf. (ii) Deaf-Mute. M. F. T. Combinations of (a) and (b). M. F. T. Combinations of (a) and (c). M. F. T. i Conhinations of (1) and (c). M. F. T. Combinations of (a), (b), (c). M. F. T. 8 4 7 1 1 2 - - - TOTAL. M. F. T. 53 61 114 vii.—unempioyaoie Persorxs resident in Homes for the Blind, Mental Hospitals or Public Assistance Institutions, Suushine Homes. M. F. T. i Mental 1 ! Hospitals. M. F. T. 1 1 3 4 i 1 Public Assistance Institutions. M. F. T. 11 I 14 25](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29925277_0059.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
