BRITAIN’S BLIND
SCHEME TO IMPROVE LOT REPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE , British Official Wireless (Ree. January 3, 515 p-m-L Rugby, January 2. Blind persons registered in this country number 50,771, and 36,485 oi these are classed as unemployable. How further to improve their lot is discussed in a report signed by Lord Blanesburgh and presented to the Ministry of Health by the Advisory Committee on the Welfare of the Blind. 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 15/- 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. The 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 25/- a week. Standard incomes of 18/- a week In the rural areas and 20/-/ to 25/- 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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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 85, 4 January 1930, Page 8
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210BRITAIN’S BLIND Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 85, 4 January 1930, Page 8
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