This index is a summary of key information relating to permits of exemption issued to workers who came within the scope of the Flax and Hemp Trade Board - individuals who were regarded as being "affected by any infirmity or physical injury which renders [them] incapable of earning that minimum time-rate". The data is taken from summarised applications for permits of exemption submitted to members of the Board. Click on the case number to see a digitised version of the original source - this can include more information.

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Number	Date	Age	Gender	Employer	Location	Reason	Proposed wages (week)	Other info
FH788/26Link opens in a new window	1926	18	Male	Don Bros., Buist & Co. Ltd.	Ward Mills, Dundee	"Backward development"	21 shillings & 8 1/2 pence per week (48 hours)	-
FH1258/2/26Link opens in a new window	1926	21	Female	N. Lockhart & Sons	Linktown Works, Kirkcaldy	"Feeble mindedness"	16 shillings & 6 pence per week (44 hours)	-
FH1258/3/26Link opens in a new window	1926	17	Female	N. Lockhart & Sons	Linktown Works, Kirkcaldy	"Retarded development"	10 shillings per week (44 hours)	-
FH3222/26Link opens in a new window	1926	69	Male	D. Webster & Son	Bervie	"Unfit for work of heavy nature"	29 shillings & 4 pence per week (48 hours)	-
FH3976/25Link opens in a new window	1926	23	Male	The Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow	"Physically undeveloped"	36 shillings per week (47 hours)	-
FH225/26Link opens in a new window	1926	25	Female	D.L. Burness	Invercanon Works, Stonehaven	"Paresis of right arm and leg"	17 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH6005/5/23Link opens in a new window	1926	33	Male	William Thomson & Son	East Bank Works, Strathmiglo	"Deformed & deficient intelligence"	47 shillings & 6 pence per week (48 hours)	-
FH5930/25Link opens in a new window	1926	41	Male	Anderson & Chalmers	St Rollox Works, Arbroath	"Neurasthenia"	30 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH6183/25Link opens in a new window	1926	18	Female	William Rose Hose Co. Ltd.	Oldfield Road, Salford	"Small stature"	20 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH4659/25Link opens in a new window	1926	18	Male	J. Shields & Co. Ltd.	Wallace Works, Perth	"Loss of fingers of both hands"	20 shillings & 8 pence per week (47 hours)	-
FH3631/25Link opens in a new window	1926	40	Male	Waites & Faulkner	Riggs Mills, Pateley Bridge	"Loss of left arm"	30 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH4911/25Link opens in a new window	1926	27	Male	William Thomson & Son	East Bank Works, Strathmiglo	"Wounds in right hand & knee"	33 shillings & 3 pence per week (48 hours)	-
FH6926/25Link opens in a new window	1926	67	Male	W. Mathorne & Co.	Bridge End Mill, Barnard Castle	"Deformed legs cannot walk without aid of stick"	29 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH1918/25Link opens in a new window	1926	21	Male	D. Webster & Sons	Spring Works, Bervie	"Mentally deficient"	21 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH4241/23Link opens in a new window	1926	45	Male	D. Webster & Sons	Spring Works, Bervie	"Mentally deficient"	37 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH4238/23Link opens in a new window	1926	54	Male	D. Webster & Sons	Spring Works, Bervie	"Anaemia"	40 shillings per week (48 hours)	-
FH2938/1926Link opens in a new window	1926	3[2]	Male	John Honeyman & Co.	South Bridge Works, Cupar, Fife	"Natural Deformity"	16 shillings (47 hours)	"…the worker is a hunchback well under five feet in height…""…was considered too nervous and too small [when previously employed at hairdressers]…"
FH3222/1926Link opens in a new window	1926	69	Male	D. Webster & Son	Spring Works, Bervie	"Not in a fit physical condition to undertake work of a heavy nature"	29 shillings and 4 pence (48 hours)	-
FH24292/20Link opens in a new window	[1922]	19	Male	Trustees of late John S. Burness	Bervie	"Loss of two fingers of left hand"	28 shillings (48 hours)	-
FH5800/22Link opens in a new window	[1922]	22	Female	R. Stocks & Co.	Kirkcaldy	"Simple mild dementia"	22 shillings (47 hours)	"…she is not capable mentally of work near machinery in motion."
FH1746/22Link opens in a new window	[1922]	About 70	Female	John Fergus & Co.	Leslie, Fife	"Age, cardiac weakness and general debility"	20 shillings (48 hours)	"…She is undeveloped physically and mentally and does not look more than 3 feet high."
FH13704/21Link opens in a new window	[1922]	24	Female	The Gourock Ropework Co. Ltd.	Port Glasgow	"Loss of right arm"	20 shillings (47 hours)	"…She did lose her arm in the employment of the firm and that is the reason they are making a job for her."
FH15258/20Link opens in a new window	[1922]	21	Female	Hutchings, Shepherd & Co.	Ilminster	"Arrested mental development"	20 shillings with 6d for full time per week (44 hours)	"…in appearance and expression the worker shows her deficiency. She was asked simple questions… and found great difficulty in replying to them…"
FH2530/20Link opens in a new window	[1922]	45	Male	J. Lambert & Co. Ltd.	Auchtermuchty	"Lame - hip-joint diseased."	45 shillings (48 hours)	"… worker is very crippled but absolutely refuses to go to a doctor to get a medical certificate" "He rather resents the idea of receiving less than the Trade Board rate but realises that he would have difficulty in obtaining work elsewhere"
FH7095/1923Link opens in a new window	1924	57	Male	J. Grimond	Oakbank, Blairgowrie	"Muscular rheumatism"	36 shillings (48 hours)	"… had been confined to bed for two days with cold and rheumatism. He is most anxious to keep his job..." "… intemperate habits and irregular attendance at work"
FH7096/1923Link opens in a new window	1924	Over 70	Female	J. Grimond	Oakbank, Blairgowrie	"Age and asthma"	19 shillings (48 hours)	"…the worker who is at present away ill, looks frail and not fit for work."
FH7097/1923Link opens in a new window	1924	Nearly 70	Female	J. Grimond	Oakbank, Blairgowrie	"Age and far from strong"	21 shillings and 6 pence (48 hours)	"…worker gets about very slowly."
FH7098/23Link opens in a new window	1924	Over 70	Female	J. Grimond	Oakbank, Blairgowrie	"Deafness and age"	18 shillings (48 hours)	"…She is said to be somewhat peculiar…"
FH6495/23Link opens in a new window	1924	68	Male	A. N. Thomson	Skene Works, Strathmiglo	"Old age and deafness"	35 shillings (48 hours)	"…is very deaf and frail and can neither hear nor read."
FH15977/20Link opens in a new window	1921	16	Female	W. Lumsden & Son	Freuchie, Fife	"Physically undeveloped"	18 shillings (47 hours)	-
FH15979/20Link opens in a new window	1921	40	Female	W. Lumsden & Son	Freuchie, Fife	"Defective vision and hearing"	25 shillings and 6 pence (47 hours)	-
FH13217/21Link opens in a new window	1921	27	Male	J. & G. Paton Ltd.	Chapel Works, Montrose	"Mentally deficient"	51 shillings (48 hours)	-
FH13218/21Link opens in a new window	1921	49	Male	J. & G. Paton Ltd.	Chapel Works, Montrose	"Chronic bronchitis & asthma"	43 shillings (48 hours)	-
FH13219/21Link opens in a new window	1921	56	Male	J. & G. Paton Ltd.	Chapel Works, Montrose	"Physically unfit"	47 shillings (48 hours)	-
FH13220/21Link opens in a new window	1921	33	Female	J. & G. Paton Ltd.	Chapel Works, Montrose	"Mentally deficient"	28 shillings (48 hours)	-
FH13221/21Link opens in a new window	1921	69	Male	J. & G. Paton Ltd.	Chapel Works, Montrose	"Chronic rheumatism"	46 shillings and 3 pence (48 hours)	*Mr Sime to enquire at some subsequent date into this case.
FH15983/21Link opens in a new window	1921	37	Female	Leadbetter Bros & Co.	Lebanon Works, Cupar, Fife	"Spinal trouble"	27 shillings (47 hours)	-
FH12987/21Link opens in a new window	1921	53	Male	D. Webster & Sons	Spring Works, Bervie	"Locomotor Ataxia"	37 shillings (48 hours)	-
R6240/25Link opens in a new window	1926	70	Male	W. Marshall & Co.	Marine Place, Buckie	"Age"	20 shillings (48 hours)	"…Not able to stand for any length of time"
R2446/26Link opens in a new window	1926	60	Male	Hutchingson & Pollok Ltd.	182, Lodge Lane, Liverpool	"Asthma and Bronchites"	32 shillings (47 hours)	-
3319/26Link opens in a new window	1926	24	Male	T. Caisley	30, Church Rd., Tweedmouth	"Mentally deficient"	10 shillings (44 hours)	-
3524/26Link opens in a new window	1926	33	Male	Jas. Banks & Sons	141, High St., Perth	"Mentally defective"	15 shillings (48 hours)	-
5373/26Link opens in a new window	1926	39	Male	Jonathan Potts Ltd.	Burgess St., Grimsby	"Mentally defective cripple"	12 shillings (47 hours)	-
5423/26Link opens in a new window	1926	16	Male	John Taylor & Sons (Bolton) Ltd.	Chequerbent, near Bolton	"Small stature"	14 shillings (48 hours)	-
10676/22Link opens in a new window	1923	68	Male	R. Hayward & Co. Ltd.	Coker Works, Crewkerne	"Heart disease and chronic asthma"	38 shillings (48 hours)	-
10677/22Link opens in a new window	1923	67	Male	R. Hayward & Co. Ltd.	Coker Works, Crewkerne	"Mentally deficient"	38 shillings (48 hours)	"…stammers and is mentally deficient"
18997/20Link opens in a new window	1923	49	Male	R. Hayward & Co. Ltd.	Coker Works, Crewkerne	"Loss of one leg"	38 shillings & 9 pence (48 hours)	"He has been in the employ of Messrs R. Hayward & Co. from a boy. Several years ago he contracted tuberculosis in the knee, which caused his leg to be amputated…"
6190/22Link opens in a new window	1923	64	Male	The Pymore Mill Co. Ltd.	Pymore Hill, Bridport	"Old age and incapability. Stone deaf"	25 shillings (48 hours)	"…He wanders about, entirely at his own sweet will, collecting waste which has not been collected by the dust extractors…" "…general debility and deafness…"
11569/22Link opens in a new window	1923	18	Male	Don Bros. Buist & Co. Ltd.	Ward Mills, Dundee	"Under-developed"	23 shillings & 11 pence (48 hours)	"…He is 5 ft. 1 inch in height and weighs about 8 stone in his clothes. He is physically sound but under-developed. And is hardly fit yet…for a full man's work."
776/23Link opens in a new window	1923	18	Male	D. Webster & Son	Bervie	"Mentally unfit"	20 shillings (48 hours)	"…18 years, weight 83 Ibs. Height 4 ft. 8in. He is under-developed both physically and mentally…"
FH6190/22Link opens in a new window	[1922]	64	Male	The Pymore Mill Co. Ltd.	Pymore Mill, near Bridport	"Old and incapable and stone deaf"	25 shillings (48 hours)	"…general debility and deafness"
FH17800/20Link opens in a new window	[1922]	68	Male	Hay & Robertson, Ltd.	Dunfermline	"Troubled with rheumatism"	37 shillings & 8 pence (44 hours)	-
FH6542/22Link opens in a new window	[1922]	78	Female	Ullathorne & Co.	Barnard Castle	"Age"	12 shillings & 3 pence (44 hours)	"The worker is merely allowed to work in the factory for sentimental reasons as she has been with the firm all her life. She is allowed to come and go as she please…" "…she suffers from rheumatism…"
FH19001/20Link opens in a new window	[1922]	67	Male	R. Hayward & Co. Ltd.	Coker Works, Crewkerne	"Mentally deficient"	40 shillings (48 hours)	"…stammers and is mentally deficient"
FH18999/20Link opens in a new window	[1922]	66	Male	R. Hayward & Co. Ltd.	Coker Works, Crewkerne	"Heart disease and chronic asthma"	40 shillings (48 hours)	-
FH1258/3/27Link opens in a new window	1927	19	Female	N. Lockhart & Sons	Linktown Works, Kirkcaldy	"Retarded development"	12 shillings (44 hours)	-
FH484/25Link opens in a new window	1925	60	Male	A. N. Thompson	Skene Works, Strathmiglo	"Age and deafness"	33 shillings (48 hours)	-