BLIND POPULATION
OF GREAT BRITAIN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Jan. 3. Blind persons registered in England number 50,771 and 36,485 of these are classed as unemployable. How further to improve their lot is discussed in a report signed by Lord (R'lanesburgh, which was /presented by the Advisory Committee on the Welfare of the Blind to the Ministry of Health. Returns from local authorities show that of the unemployable blind 5111 are in institutions and 31,374 live at home or in lodgings. Only two-thirds of the latter possess means, including grants exceeding 15s a week. A scheme for the, provision of an assured minimum income for all unemployable blind persons living at home or in lodgings is recommended by the , Advisory Committee. Local authorities are urged to adopt a comprehensive scheme which will provide that the means of those living in urban areas shall be brought up to 25s a week. Standard incomes of 18s a week in rural areas and of 20s to 25s a week in the more urban county areas are suggested. The committee expresses the opinion that the age at which old-age pensions are payable to the blind should be reduced from 50 to 40 years.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1930, Page 6
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