APPENDIX 4.3
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED- TOTALS ON REGISTER AS AT 31ST MARCH
Year ending at 31st March
Blind
Deaf
Mentally Physically Retarded Disabled(a)
Total
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71 1971-72 1972-73
I
4,032
1,826
914
2,954
8,726
4,280
2,140
1,270
3,206
10,896
4,586
2,270
1,660
3,513
12,029
4-1
4,951
2,370
1,757
3,775
12,853
5,023
2,518
2,005
3.755
13,301
5,155
*
2,602
2,178*
4,550*
14.495*
5, 386
2,650*
2,472*+
4.791*
15,299*
3.52
2,748*
2,934*
5,005*
16.139*
725
2.820*
3.233*
5,134*
16,982*
***
5,696
2,975
3,654
5,566
17,891
(a) Mainly persons with loco-motor disability of orthopaedic or neurological
origin.
* These figures have been revised recently.
APPENDIX 44
JOB PLACEMENT UNIT-EMPLOYMENT OF THE DISABLED 1972-73
Occupation
Blind*
Physically Dat
dnabled
Formerly Many
T.B. of Lapocry
Total
Clerical and related
workers (eg, clerka,
soce assistants,
telephome operators)
5
1
5
1
2
14
Services (eg. watch-
men, lift-operators) Production and related
Workers Labourers
33
12
~ 98
22
10
*
39
23
70
45
196
18
13
44
*
Total
38
55
115
69
16
293
• Including partially sighted.
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