[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Welfare of the Blind Wolverhampton, Dudley and Distriet Institution for the Blind continued as the Council’s agent for the provision of Welfare Services to the blind during 1962. Very good progress was made during the year in the completion of the new buildings at Sedgley although the move from the old premises in Wolverhampton to Sedgley took place in January, 1968 rather than at the end of 1962 as was originally antici])ated. At the same time as the new building was completed the Report of the Working Party on Workshops for the Blind was published. The Report lays great emphasis on the need to move away from the traditional handicrafts to modern mechanised processes and fore- shadows drastic changes in the trades practiced in workshops for the blind in the future. Although there will be many dillieulties in im- plementing these recommendations, the fine new buildings at Sedgley will certainly give an o})})ortunity to take full advantage of any proposals for introducing modern industrial practices. The Register of the blind at 81st December, was made up as follows: Blind Males Females T otal Employed 15 4 19 Unemployed 82 46 78 Children 2 1 3 Totals 49 51 100 Partially Sighted Males Females Total Employed 2 1 8 Unemployed 2 3 5 Children — —](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
