Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1972-1973 — Page 78

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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