[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1958
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Nane of Hone No. of residents 1.1.33 Ad- nissions Dis- charges Deaths No, of 1 residents 31.12.58 Albert House, Dudley 21 2 2 21 I The V/oodlands, Dudley 22 1 - - 23 1 The Poplars, Wolverhanpton 42 8 7 3 40 Prinrose House, Dudley _ 12 - 1 11 Hone for the Deaf, Malvern 2 - - 2 The Haven, Scarborough 1 - - - 1 N.I.D, Hostel, Wenbley 1 - - - 1 1 Rest Haven, Southport 1 - - - 1 Kingsbury, Woking » 1 — 1 Totals 90 24 7 101 temporjIry accommodation Tenporary acconnodation has ago.in produced a nunber of problens. Sone of these have been solved by co-0]peration with the Housing Connittee and others by co-opora,tion of the Children's Connittee, Often in this latter'case the only solution avanln,blo results in the break up of the fanily. This is to be regretted and it is hoped that nore satisfactory arrangenents for tenporn,ry acconnodation can be nade in order to allow fa.nilics to renain together. V/ELFARE 0? THE BUND Ttie activities of the Wolverhciapton, Dudley and Districts Institution for the Blind'.acting as the Council's a.gent provide in Dudley a first class service. It is in fact true to say that v/elfare services to the blind having been established for uany years a.ro the most fully developed of all services provided by the V/olfarc Connittee, The difficulties in connection v/ith the proposed new v/orkshops for the blind have continued. It should bo enphasised how inportant it is, in the interests of the blind, to rea.ch a decision in this natter. All concerned agree that nev; v/orkshops are urgently needed. In this connection an opportunity is nov/ provided for the Council to take into account the need to provide sheltered enploynent for handicapped persons on a slightly Larger scale than is envisaged in the present proposals. The Blind Re.gister at the 31st i^ecenber v/as nade up as follows — Blind — Males Eenalos t ■ ! Total 1 Enployed 13 5 I ! 18 Unenployable 42 35 ! 77 Children 1 1 i 2 Totals i 56 41 1 97 Partia.lly Sighted 1 Males j Fenales . Total Enployed 1 1 2 Unenployable 2 1 2 Children 1 ! = 1 1 Totals (H U -20-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171234_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
