Massage as a profession for the blind.

Date:: [Between 1936 and 1939?]

Credit: Massage as a profession for the blind. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$The candidate who has been able to satisfy the Massage School on the four counts given above, and for whom the necessary fees are forthcoming, is accepted for training, first as a probationer for a trial period of one month, with a test examination at its close, and then for the full course. It will be seen from the above statement that the profession is one that is jealously safeguarded from the very outset, so that only those blind men and women capable of maintaining the high tradition built up by the School over a period of more than byeary years are likely to be accepted for training. Fees of the School. The cost of training for the course of two years is £220 per annum for a resident student, and £120 per annum for a day student. The fee in either case covers training, examination entry, and registration fees, with maintenance in the case of the resident student, and lunch, tea, and help with fares in the case of the day student. Where the resident is concerned, the fees paid are exclusive of clothing, travelling to and from home for holiday periods, maintenance during the holidays, pocket-money, medical and dental treat- ment. Similarly the day student is required to provide his own clothing, to pay his fares to and from home and the School, guide-money where required, and medical or dental treatment. The School is recognised by the Board of Education, and Local Education Authorities are empowered to make grants towards the expenses of students sent by them for training, at the following Fates -— Resident students ... £110 p.a. for 2 years. Day students ... {£80 p.a: for\2 years: Where the student or his friends are not in a position to meet the balance required without help, the National Institute for the Blind endeavours to secure help to supplement the assistance given by the Local Education Authority, or itself makes a grant..$

Massage as a profession for the blind.

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