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Permits of exemption: Milk Distributive Trade Boards

This index is a summary of key information relating to permits of exemption issued to workers who came within the scope of the Milk Distributive Trade Board (England and Wales) and Milk Distributive Trade Board (Scotland) - 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 (you may need to scroll through the document to find all the details).

Archives at the Modern Records Centre include historical terminology used to describe medical conditions or aspects of disability. This language reflects the context in which the material was created, and may be considered offensive today.

Number Date Age Gender Employer Location Reason Proposed wages (week) Other info
9769/22Link opens in a new window 1923 64 Male Creswick Dairy 266, Earlsfield Rd, Wandsworth Common "Effects of fractured leg" 37 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "…is at present in St. James Infirmary, Battersea, having his leg attended to…"
9410/22Link opens in a new window 1923 33 Male Priestlands Dairy Supply Queen Street, Lymington "Hunchback (Spinal Curvature)" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
9456/22Link opens in a new window 1923 75 Male Southsea Dairy Co. Ltd. 29, Marmion Road, Southsea "Age" Trade Board Minimum for 56 instead of 48 hours -
9458/22Link opens in a new window 1923 51 Male Southsea Dairy Co. Ltd. 29, Marmion Road, Southsea "Heamorrhoids" Trade Board Minimum for 56 instead of 48 hours -
9457/22Link opens in a new window 1923 23 Male Southsea Dairy Co. Ltd. 29, Marmion Road, Southsea "Infantile Paralysis" 22 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
10191/22Link opens in a new window 1923 53 Male J. Richards Ltd. 1, Golders Green Parade, London, NW2 "Internal weakness" 57 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) -
10192/22Link opens in a new window 1923 49 Male J. Richards Ltd. 1, Golders Green Parade, London, NW2 "Rupture and Sciatica" 57 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) -
9378/22Link opens in a new window 1923 70 Male London Wholesale Dairies Ltd. 9, Harrow Road, London, W2 "Age" 52 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
10193/22Link opens in a new window 1923 47 Male J. Richards Ltd. 1, Golders Green Parade, London, NW2 "Effects of Fractured Ankles" 57 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) -
10990/22Link opens in a new window 1923 18 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. 3, Elmwood Gardens, Acton, W. "Vertigo attacks" 30 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… it is a light job and I suffer from bad health. I have tried for the Army and Navy and was told I was unfit …"
11240/22Link opens in a new window 1923 40 Male Norwich Dairy Supply 81, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich "Trouble with legs and feet" Minimum wage plus 3 pence per gallon on all milk sold above 235 gallons. Present wage about 3 pound, 3 shillings & 9 pence (59 & 1/2 hours) -
11241/22Link opens in a new window 1923 41 Male Norwich Dairy Supply 81, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich "Trouble with legs and feet" Minimum wage plus 3 pence per gallon on all milk sold above 213 gallons. Present wage about 3 pound, 7 shillings & 9 pence (68 hours) -
9454/22Link opens in a new window 1923 27 Male Pickard's Dairy 12 Tor Hill Road, Torquay "Mentally deficient" 33 shillings (40-48 hours) -
9452/22Link opens in a new window 1923 54 Male W. J. Brown Cuffnell's Farm, Lyndhurst "Irregular action of the heart" 6 pence per hour -
9451/22Link opens in a new window 1923 50 Male W. J. Brown Cuffnell's Farm, Lyndhurst "Physically unsound" 6 pence per hour -
7365/22Link opens in a new window 1923 63 Male Eastern Counties Dairy Farmers Ltd. 53, London Road, Southend on Sea "Age" 54 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours) -
7563/22Link opens in a new window 1923 22 Male W. C. Heryett High Street Dairy, Steyning "Valvular disease of the heart" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
110/23Link opens in a new window 1923 27 Male W. J. Hiscock 1, Market Place, Chippenham "Hernia" 25 shillings (28 hours) "… he is visibly delicate and lacking in vitality. The girl in charge of the shop described him as mentally deficient…"
3918/23Link opens in a new window 1924 38 Male Welfords & Premier Dairies Ltd. 233, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N4 "Mental deficiency" 32 shillings per week "… the worker's sight is getting very bad and his mental condition varies - some days he is quite normal …"
1674/24Link opens in a new window 1924 70 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. 33, Walm Lane, Willesden Green "Rupture" 47 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
1727/24Link opens in a new window 1924 68 Male The Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. Ilford "Age" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
1696/24Link opens in a new window 1924 23 Male The Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. Ilford "Ankylosis of left knee" 42 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
1697/24Link opens in a new window 1924 59 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. The Farm, Ealing Common "Rheumatism" 56 shillings (54 hours) -
1698/24Link opens in a new window 1924 24 Male Mr. C. Charman 66, Gordon Rd., Peckham "Epilepsy" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
1724/24Link opens in a new window 1924 46 Male Mr. S. H. Colwill Flexbury Farm Dairy, Bude "Chronic Asthma" 38 shillings (48 hours) -
1405/24Link opens in a new window 1924 24 Male Mr. W. C. Heryett High Street Dairy, Steyning "Valvular heart trouble" 38 shillings (48 hours) "… valvular weakness of the heart …"
2656/24Link opens in a new window 1924 58 Male Brittens Dairies Queen Street, Maidenhead "Chronic rheumatism and age" 35 shillings (42 hours) -
2005/24Link opens in a new window 1924 49 Male H. R. White & Co. Ltd. 39, Elm Grove, Southsea "Nervous debility" 52 shillings (54 hours) -
1725/24Link opens in a new window 1924 39 Male The Farmers Direct Supply Dairy 8, Claremont, Hastings "General debility" 37 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… worker not strong enough for heavy lifting or carrying …"
2014/24Link opens in a new window 1924 54 Male Welford & Sons Ltd. (for J. Richards Ltd, Golders Green Parade, NW11) Elgin Avenue, London, W9 "Internal weakness" 56 shillings (54 hours) -
2015/24Link opens in a new window 1924 50 Male Welford & Sons Ltd. (for J. Richards Ltd, Golders Green Parade, NW11) Elgin Avenue, London, W9 "Rupture and Sciatica" 56 shillings (54 hours) -
1270/24Link opens in a new window 1924 51 Male Lancashire Hygienic Dairies Ltd. 63, New Radcliffe Street, Oldham "Defective vision" 30 shillings (30 hours) -
1693/24Link opens in a new window 1924 21 Male The Southern Counties Dairies Co. Ltd. 59, Above Bar, Southampton "Infantile Paralysis" 25 shillings per week -
1718/24Link opens in a new window 1924 48 Male R. Higgs & Sons Dairies Ltd. 22, Credon Rd., S. Bermondsey "Corneal opacities & conjucturties" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
2357/24Link opens in a new window 1924 61 Male Farley Woodhams & Co. Ltd. 1, Townwall St., Dover "Bronchitis & Asthma" 21 shillings (23 hours) insurance paid making total 22 shillings & 2 pence -
2037/24Link opens in a new window 1924 20 & 1/2 Male J. M. Carder & Son The Creamery, Bath "Nervous trouble (result of Meningitis & St. Vitus Dance" 23 shillings & 6 pence (43 hours) -
1726/24Link opens in a new window 1924 53 Male Weeton Retail Dairies Ltd. 60, Orchard St., Weston Super Mare "Nervous debility" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… worker's development was poor, memory defective, that he was prematurely aged and below average in mentality …"
3892/24Link opens in a new window 1924 18 Male Ormesby Dairy Co. 41, Gurney St., Middlesbrough "Withered leg (after effects of Meningitis)" 20 shillings (40 hours) "… the worker had been taken from a school for "backward youths" he is 18 years of age, but looks less …"
1002/2/23Link opens in a new window 1924 24 Male Mr. H. Lloyd 6, Hope Street, Clayton Bridge, Manchester "Mental deficiency" 15 shillings (40 hours) -
3988/24Link opens in a new window 1924 59 Male Hitchman's Dairies Ltd. 139, Hoe St., Walthamstow, E17 "Age" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
2068/24Link opens in a new window 1924 68 Male F. W. Gilbert Ltd. 52, Wells Rd., Knowle, Bristol "Age" 30 shillings (34 & 1/2 hours) "… suffering from double inguinal hernia …"
4158/24Link opens in a new window 1924 24 Male J. W. Wales 2, Oldham Rd., Newton Heath, Manchester "Mental" 10 shillings (30 hours) "… is feeble minded …" "… 24 years of age but mentally 7 years of age …"
4061/24Link opens in a new window 1924 39 Male E. T. Manley & Sons Wimbledon Park Farm, 9, Revelstoke Rd., London, SW18 "Deaf and dumb" 30 shillings (48 hours) "… is difficult to instruct and cannot be left after machinery or to take charge of yard in employers absence …"
3479/24Link opens in a new window 1924 74 Male The Original Standard Milk Co. 75, Knowle Road, London, SW9 "Age" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
3136/24Link opens in a new window 1924 21 Male Mr. E. Harrison Model Dairy, 10, Vaudrey St., Shirley "Chronic Asthma" 35 shillings per week -
883/23Link opens in a new window 1924 22 Male S. Taylor & Son Latch Farm, Christchurch, Hampshire "Undersized & mentally deficient" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… worker was of very limited intelligence and deformed as to the left eye. He was undersized …"
1588/24Link opens in a new window 1924 31 Male Mr. J. Dyer Hardway Dairy, Gosport "Deformed right hand" 32 shillings & 6 pence per week "… is permanently disabled …" "… the worker suffered from a deformed right hand and was unable to follow any heavy employment …"
1692/24Link opens in a new window 1924 59 Male The London Wholesale Dairies Ltd. 28, Museum Street, London, WC1 "Injury to knee" 47 shillings & 6 pence per week "… was slightly disabled as a result of the injury …"
120/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 62 & 11 months Male Edwards & James Ltd. 27, The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 "Chronic bronchitis" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week with an additional hour each day "… chronic bronchitis of asthmatic types …" "… very slow on account of his age and health …"
688/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 63 Male Manor Farm Dairy 39, High Road, East Finchley, N2 "Chronic bronchitis" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… suffering with Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema …"
149/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 24 Male Thos. Cundy & Son 25, Benbow Street, Stoke, Devonport "Under-developed physically and mentally" 30 shillings (42 hours) "… he is undersized, underweight, and ill developed mentally altogether a good deal below the average …" "… spinal trouble …"
524/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 65 Male The Sparrow Farm Dairies Church Avenue, Southall "Slightly deaf and suffers from tender feet" 50 shillings & 6 pence less insurance Average 50 shillings (53 hours) "… slightly disabled being flat footed …"
4992/10/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 38 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. 171, Uxbridge Road, W. Ealing "Withered leg" 52 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… just on certain occasions when cold, the weather happens to catch him that it might make him lame …"
692/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 55 years, 8 months Male A. G. Trace Redden Hill Dairy, Babbacombe, Torquay "Ruptured and has a weak heart" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
532/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 54 Male R. Martin & Co. Ltd. 26, Weatheroak Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham "Hernia" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… Is unable to follow his usual employment owing to Hydrocele and general debility …" "… He suffers from Hernia …"
3845/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 53 Male The Southsea Dairy Co. Ltd. 29/31, Marmion Road, Southsea "Hemorrhoids" 52 shillings (56 hours) -
3844/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 26 Male The Southsea Dairy Co. Ltd. 29/31, Marmion Road, Southsea "Infantile paralysis" 22 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
5887/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 26 Male R. J. Wright 288, Union St., Torre, Torquay "Wounds in head and arm" Delivering milk at 8 pence per hour (28 hours) odd jobs at 6 pence per hour (29 hours) Altogether 37 shillings & 6 pence per week "… The worker suffers from 3 gunshot wounds in the right arm, a gunshot wound in right thigh and also a slight wound in the head …"
3883/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 36 Male Priestlands Dairy Supply Queen Street, Lymington "Hunchback" 45 shillings (48 hours) "… worker was a hunchback and had suffered from Spinal Curvature …"
992/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 17 Male W. S. Lodge Cliff Park Dairy Farm, Gorleston "Not strong" 20 shillings (44 hours) "… he is not strong …"
3846/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 66 Male C. H. Cookson Creswick Dairy, 266, Earlsfield Rd., London, SW18 "Varicose veins" 37 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… worker suffered from Synonitis of the knee …" "… He could not read or write …"
939/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 67 Male S. Vincent & Son Oak Farm, Northill, Biggleswade "Age" 9 & 1/2 pence per hour -
3882/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 29 Male E. & E. Pickards 12, Tor Hill Road, Torquay "Mentally deficient" 35 shillings (40 hours) "… feeble minded …"
1597/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 56 Male Mr. W. J. Brown Cuffnells Farm, Lyndhurst "Irregular action of the heart" 9 pence per hour "… not physically sound and his heart beat was most irregular …"
1065/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 65 Male Howards Dairies Ltd. 53, London Road, Southend "Age" 54 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours) -
3885/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 25 Male Mr. F. Bennett Belmont, Angmering, Littlehampton "Loss of one foot" 38 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… a cripple …"
1254/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 65 Female Mr. W. F. Webb 15, Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft, Bristol "Age" 30 shillings (48 hours) "… the worker's age renders her slow …"
1330/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 67 & 4 months Male B. Davies & Sons Ltd. The United Dairies (London) Ltd., Western Bottling Dairy, Scrubbs Lane, London, NW10 "Age" 40 shillings (56 hours) -
1631/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 52 Male The Ferme Park Dairy 5, Ferme Park Road, Stroud Green, London, N4 "Rheumatism" 56 shillings (55 hours) -
1227/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 27 Male D. J. Evans & Son 175, South Ealing Road, London, SW5 "Hunchback and very undersized" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… worker is a hunchback very undersized and obviously frail …"
938/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 21 Male D. Edgar and Fawcett Manor Farm, New Milton, Hampshire "Right side paralysed" 8 pence per hour (30 hours) "… partially paralised down right side his right leg and feet were affected and his right arm was useless …"
1831/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 54 Male Mr. B. Hirst Hirst's Dairies, Peterson Rd., Wakefield "Rheumatism" 50 shillings per week -
1809/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 59 Male Creameries Ltd. 45, West St., Reading "Age" 52 shillings (55 hours) -
801/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 46 Male Edwards & James Ltd. Friarstile Rd., Richmond, Surrey "Age" 57 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) plus milk and commission -
1106/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 16 & 1/4 Male Mr. R. E. Cocks F. [L]. Dairy, Saltash St., Plymouth "Mentally deficient" 12 shillings (48 hours) "… the worker is certified to be mentally deficient by the School Medical Officer [Plymouth Voluntary Association for Mental Welfare] … attended a special school until the age of 16 years …"
2010/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Female S. Reece & Sons Ltd. Hawke St., Liverpool "Deformed arm" 8 pence per hour (40 hours) "… the worker has a shrivelled arm, which is useless …"
1556/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 65 Male Hitchman's Dairies Ltd. Wadham Lodge Dairy, Walthamstow "Age and rheumatism" 1 shilling per hour (56 hours) "… this worker is much slower than an ordinary worker on account of his age and bad feet …"
1556/3/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 65 Male Hitchman's Dairies Ltd. Wadham Lodge Dairy, Walthamstow "Age and dislocated shoulder (Twisted collar bone)" 1 shilling per hour (56 hours) "… worker suffers from a paralysed right arm …"
3892/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 18 Male Mr. T. Spenceley Ormesby Dairy, Gurney St., Middlesborough "Withered leg (Meningitis)" 25 shillings (40 hours) "… The boy was stated to have been taken from a school for "backward youths". He was about 18 years of age but looked younger …"
1938/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 52 Male C. Blackburn & Son Head St., Liverpool "General physical and mental debility" 20 shillings (48 hours) "… His mentality is very low …" "… Although his age is only 51 he looks not less than 70, and appeared to be mentally unbalanced …" "… described as "simple". Whilst he was able to read the newspaper intelligently, he was very peculiar in many ways. He could only be trusted with very simple jobs and spoke very abruptly, using very childish English ..."
1734/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 31 Male Rees Price 18, St. Mary's Rd., Ealing Common "Nervous debility" 50 shillings (48 hours) "… He suffers from nervous debility, probably St. Vitus' Dance …" "… had been permanently upset by the war …"
2049/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery Rumford St., C-on-M, Manchester "Under developed" 30 shillings (48 hours) "… seemed to be below normal …"
2049/2/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery Rumford St., C-on-M, Manchester "Under developed" 30 shillings (48 hours) "… Age 22 years, height 4 ' 11" and weight 7 st 13 lbs …" "… He is of small stature … he is not strong … He is physically far below that of the average male worker of his years …"
2049/3/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 21 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery Rumford St., C-on-M, Manchester "Mentally dull" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… Below average height and build. Dull vacant expression, very slow in answering questions, mentally he is much below the average …"
2012/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 20 Male Mr. J. Dodd Newbridge Lane, Stockport, Cheshire "Deaf and dumb and uneducated" 17 shillings (35 hours) "… this worker is deaf and dumb. He cannot read and can only write his name …" "… owing to a nervous disorder when younger, the boy was not considered suitable for admission to a school for deaf mutes and consequently he has had no education …"
2085/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 66 Male Mr. S. Fox Airedale Dairy Co., Grimsby "Age" 40 shillings (42 hours) -
1068/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 56 Male Phillips Bros. & Co. Radford, Nottingham "Emphysema rheumatism and weak spine" 25 shillings (34 hours) -
1616/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 60 Male Manor Farm Dairy 39, High Road, E. Finchley "Chronic bronchitis" 50 shillings per week of 6 days -
1684/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 27 Male Mr. L. Fenn Worsley Rd., Gurnard, Isle of Wight "Diseased heart" 11 shillings (14 hours) "… is mentally deficient …"
10191/22Link opens in a new window 1923 53 Male J. Richards Ltd. 1, Golders Green Parade, London, NW "Internal weakness" 57 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) -
10192/22Link opens in a new window 1923 49 Male J. Richards Ltd. 1, Golders Green Parade, London, NW "Rupture and Sciatica" 57 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) -
10193/22Link opens in a new window 1923 47 Male J. Richards Ltd. 1, Golders Green Parade, London, NW "After effects of fractured ankles" 57 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) -
11240/22Link opens in a new window 1923 40 Male Norwich Dairy Supply 81, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich "Trouble with legs and feet" Minimum rate and in addition commission of 3 pence per gallon on all milk sold above 235 gallons -
11241/22Link opens in a new window 1923 41 Male Norwich Dairy Supply 81, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich "Trouble with legs and feet" Minimum rate and in addition commission of 3 pence per gallon on all milk sold above 213 gallons -
9404/22Link opens in a new window 1923 25 Male W. Fowler 163, Silver Street, Edmonton "Deformed foot & loss of one eye" 30 shillings (48 hours) -
883/22Link opens in a new window 1923 21 Male S. Taylor & Son Latch Farm, Christchurch "Undersized" Rate appropriate to worker 17 - 18 years of age "… very undersized and appears to be a boy of 15-16 years and is mentally deficient …" "… He is of very limited intelligence and deficient at the left eye …"
237/23Link opens in a new window 1923 25 Male Corporation Dairy Worcester "Infirmity of speech and injury to arm" 42 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… The man's arm was injured some time ago and he has difficulty in lifting. He also suffers from a bad impediment in his speech …"
20504/20 & 11718/22Link opens in a new window 1923 18 Male Truman & Fisher 82, High Street, Eltham, SE9 "Effects of infantile paralysis" 28 shillings & 6 pence per week "… He lacks strength in right arm owing to infantile paralysis …"
9559/22Link opens in a new window 1923 41 Female Woodland's Creameries Southport "Undersized and unfit for heavy work" 25 shillings (48 hours) -
9374/22Link opens in a new window 1923 20 Male Southern Counties Dairies Co. Ltd. 59, Above Bar, Southampton "Partial paralysis in right ankle and foot" 25 shillings (48 hours) -
9414/22Link opens in a new window 1923 52 Male Weston Retail Dairies Ltd. 60, Orchard St., Weston Super Mare "General debility and premature ageing" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
9455/22Link opens in a new window 1923 63 Male J. Richards Ltd. 462, Finchley Rd., London, NW2 "Age" 51 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
9450/22Link opens in a new window 1923 72 Male Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. 4, Cleveland Road, Ilford "Age" 40 shillings (42 hours) -
9368/22Link opens in a new window 1923 22 Male Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. 4, Cleveland Road, Ilford "Ankylosis of left knee" 42 shillings & 6 pence per week -
9449/22Link opens in a new window 1923 67 Male Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. 4, Cleveland Road, Ilford "Age" 45 shillings (42 hours) -
9406/22Link opens in a new window 1923 45 Male S. H. Colwill Flexbury Farm Dairy, Bude "Chronic Asthma" 38 shillings (48 hours) -
9405/22Link opens in a new window 1923 23 Male C. Charman 66, Gordon Rd., Peckham, SE15 "Epilepsy" 45 shillings per week -
9367/22Link opens in a new window 1923 69 Male Express Dairy Co. 33, Watson Lane, Willesden Green, NW2 "Age and rupture" 47 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
9372/22Link opens in a new window 1923 46 Male Mr. T. J. Edwards 50, Gower Place, London, WC1 "General debility" 50 shillings per week -
9385/22Link opens in a new window 1923 58 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. The Farm, Ealing Common "Rheumatism" Appropriate rate for 48 hour week for 54 hours -
9371/22Link opens in a new window 1923 61 Male Express Dairy Co. 25-27 Heath St., Hampstead, NW3 "Chronic Bronchitis, Rupture and Emphysema" Trade Board but week of 52 hours -
9370/22Link opens in a new window 1923 44 Male Express Dairy Co. 25-27 Heath St., Hampstead, NW3 "Gunshot wound right foot" Trade Board but week of 52 hours -
9408/22Link opens in a new window 1923 38 Male The Farmers Direct Supply Dairy 8, Claremont, Hastings "Nervous debility" 35 shillings (48 hours) -
1002/2/23Link opens in a new window 1923 20 Male H. W. Fairbrother 206 Lightbourn Rd., Moston, Manchester "Mental deficiency" 15 shillings (40 hours) -
9403/22Link opens in a new window 1923 26 Male C. Banks 112, Portland Rd., Hove "Undersized, weak, not capable of doing man's work" 30 shillings (46 hours) "… Is physically and mentally undeveloped …" "… The worker met with an accident three months ago but he has now returned …"
2788/23Link opens in a new window 1923 71 Male The Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. 12 & 13, East Street, Caledonian Rd., London, N1 "Age" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
9453/22Link opens in a new window 1923 48 Male R. Higgs & Sons Dairies Ltd. 22, Credon Rd., South Bermondsey, SE "Corneal opacities & conjunctivitis" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
2944/23Link opens in a new window 1923 29 Male C. J. Walkes 18, Castle Buildings, Nottingham "Loss of sight one eye, rather deaf and mentally defective" 35 shillings (48 hours) -
2343/22Link opens in a new window 1923 56 Female Q. J. Thomas Church Road, Treswithian, Camborne "Varicose Exzema" 15 shillings per week. One delivery daily (28 hours a week) -
2851/23Link opens in a new window 1923 72 Male R. E. Fowles Green St. Dairy, Bath "Age" 10 shillings per week (18 hours) -
2201/2/23Link opens in a new window 1923 22 Male The Modern Dairies Ltd. Leesbrook, Oldham "Infantile Paralysis" 25 shillings (48 hours) "… The worker is mentally defective and his right leg is crippled through infantile paralysis …"
2201/3/23Link opens in a new window 1923 27 Male The Modern Dairies Ltd. Leesbrook, Oldham "Bronchitis and tuberculosis" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… The worker has an Army disability pension of 12 shillings per week … He was discharged from the Army in June 1919, after having been in hospital for 2 & 1/2 years …"
6039/22Link opens in a new window 1923 50 Male The Lancashire Hygienic Dairies Ltd. 63, New Radcliffe Street, Oldham "Defective vision" 40 shillings (40 hours) -
10308/22Link opens in a new window 1923 67 Male Mr. W. T. Evans Victoria Dairy, Totterdown, Bristol "Age" 30 shillings (34 & 1/2 hours) -
7563/22Link opens in a new window 1923 22 Male W. C. Heryett High Street Dairy, Steyning, Sussex "Valvular disease of heart" - -
1696/24Link opens in a new window 1925 24 Male Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. 31, Ashbrook Road, Upper Holloway, N10 "Ankylosis of left knee" 50 shillings (48 hours) -
1697/24Link opens in a new window 1925 61 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. The Farm, Ealing Common, W3 "Chronic Rheumatism" 56 shillings (54 hours) -
5475/25Link opens in a new window 1925 37 Male The Reigate Farm Dairies 9, Warren Road, Reigate "Mentally deficient" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… worker is mentally deficient and very forgetful …"
5064/25Link opens in a new window 1925 51 Male Welfords & Premier Dairies Ltd. 233, Seven Sisters Road, London, N4 "Curvature of spine" 52 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… He is one of the smallest men I have ever seen in the Dairy trade and in addition suffers from curvature of the spine …"
2574/25Link opens in a new window 1925 40 Male Welfords & Premier Dairies Ltd. 233, Seven Sisters Road, London, N4 "Mentally deficient" 32 shillings (48 hours) "… his sight is getting very bad and also I have made further enquiries re his mentality and find it varies …"
2349/22Link opens in a new window 1923 19 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. 171, Uxbridge Road, W. Ealing, W13 "Rigidity of right shoulder joint" 30 shillings (48 hours) "… is suffering from the result of tuberculosis of the right shoulder joint. It is completely ankylosed and the upper arm is wasted …"
9952/22Link opens in a new window 1923 52 Male R. B. Hirst Providence Dairies, Wakefield "Rheumatism" 42 shillings & 6 pence (40 hours) -
5723/22Link opens in a new window 1923 34 Male A. I. Owen Middleton Grange Dairy, West Hartlepool "Defective eyesight impediment in speech & under development" 30 shillings per week -
4982/23Link opens in a new window 1923 62 Male B. Davies & Sons Ltd. 28, King St., London, W1 "Age" 40 shillings per week (worker pleases himself about hours) "… appears much older than he is …" "… He is a frail little old man …"
9957/22Link opens in a new window 1923 43 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Bright's disease" Full Trade Board Rate, no extra for overtime if any -
10037/22Link opens in a new window 1923 70 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age" Full Trade Board Rate, no extra for overtime if any -
10034/22Link opens in a new window 1923 62 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "General debility" Full Trade Board Rate, no extra for overtime if any -
10036/22Link opens in a new window 1923 65 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age" Full Trade Board Rate, no extra for overtime if any -
10035/22Link opens in a new window 1923 69 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age & Rheumatism" Full Trade Board Rate, no extra for overtime if any -
9959/22Link opens in a new window 1923 34 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Withered leg (Army)" Full Trade Board Rate, no extra for overtime if any -
8798/22Link opens in a new window 1923 41 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Deformed and mentally deficient" 26 shillings (48 hours) -
9559/22Link opens in a new window 1923 44 Male P. C. Woodhead & Co. Ltd. 31/33, Tulketh St., Southport "Diminutive stature and walks badly" 28 shillings (48 hours) -
3918/23Link opens in a new window 1923 37 Male Premier Dairies Ltd. 233, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N4 "Mentally deficient & partially blind" 32 shillings -
4405/23Link opens in a new window 1923 28 Male L. Fenn Buena Vista, Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight "Mentally deficient" 11 shillings (12-14 hours) -
8759/23Link opens in a new window 1923 30 Male J. Dyer 71, Priory Road, Hardway, Gosport "Deformed right hand" 30 shillings (35 hours) -
6713/22Link opens in a new window 1923 64 Male The Norton St Philip Dairy Co. Ltd. 3, Bladud Buildings, Bath "Age" 37 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… of poor physique, deficient eyesight and generally feeble …"
6476/22Link opens in a new window 1923 36 Male R. Rinder 24, King Street, Thetford "Weak heart" 35 shillings (48 hours) -
10271/22Link opens in a new window 1923 46 Male Edwards & Sons Ltd. Station Buildings, Forest Hill, SE23 "Deaf & Dumb" 52 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
9362/22Link opens in a new window 1923 31 Male Manley's Model Dairies Wimbledon Park Farm, 9, Revelstoke Rd., London, SW18 "Gun shot in both legs" 51 shillings (41 hours) -
4862/23Link opens in a new window 1923 21 Male Taylor & Son Dairies (1912) Ltd. Kingston Cross Dairy, Portsmouth "Mental and physical weakness" 25 shillings (48 hours) "… although 21 years of age the worker is physically, mentally and in stature only a boy of 15 …" "… he is not only physically weak, but mentally so, and … cannot perform any work requiring strength and … unable to take any responsibility …"
7046/22Link opens in a new window 1923 59 Male J. W. Rigby 16, The Promenade, Seven Kings "Age" 50 shillings (48 hours) -
6475/22Link opens in a new window 1923 58 Male The Cherry Hinton Hall Farm Dairy Silver St., Cambridge "Gout" 50 shillings (48 hours) "… has recently been suffering from a bad ankle …" "… owing to his liability to attacks of gout which makes it a painfully slow process for him …"
4984/23Link opens in a new window 1923 32 Male W. Benson 41, Stamford Rd., London, N15 "Loss of leg (in war)" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… prevents the worker from carrying or lifting and makes him very slow …"
6225/23Link opens in a new window 1923 64 Male Sparrow Farm Dairies Church Avenue, Southall "Deafness and age" 45 shillings (50 hours) "… the worker's hearing is very bad …" "… He is also stated to be slightly flat footed …"
10045/22Link opens in a new window 1923 27 Male Lancashire Hygienic Dairies Ltd. Mulberry Street, Hulme, Manchester "Loss of eye" 50 shillings (48 hours) -
10046/22Link opens in a new window 1923 68 Male Lancashire Hygienic Dairies Ltd. Mulberry Street, Hulme, Manchester "Age" 45 shillings (44 hours) -
201/23Link opens in a new window 1923 45 Male Southern Counties Dairies Co. Ltd. 59, Above Bar, Southampton "Left leg amputated (war)" 40 shillings per week (approx) 6 hours per day -
11240/22Link opens in a new window 1923 40 Male Norwich Dairy Supply 181, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich "Lameness" 48 shillings (48 hours) "… Flat-footed and lame …" "… limp badly …" "… slow and awkward on their feet …"
11241/22Link opens in a new window 1923 41 Male Norwich Dairy Supply 181, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich "Lameness" 50 shillings (48 hours) "… Flat-footed and lame …" "… limp badly …" "… slow and awkward on their feet …"
9372/22Link opens in a new window 1923 46 Male T. J. Edwards 50, Grove Place, London, WC1 "General debility" 50 shillings per week -
9403/22Link opens in a new window 1923 26 Male C. Banks 112, Portland Rd., Hove "Undersized and weak" 32 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
2944/23Link opens in a new window 1923 29 Male C. J. Wathes 18, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham "Loss of sight one eye, deaf and mentally defective" 40 shillings (45 hours) "… The sight of one eye is quite gone and there is no pupil visible. The worker wears spectacles to improve the sight of the other eye …" "… shows strongly marked signs of mental deficiency …" "… Worker's mental balance has not been improved by his experience under shell fire when serving with the Labour Corps, in France ... he was demobilized from the Forces and not discharged as being no longer fit for War Services ..."
11718/22Link opens in a new window 1923 19 Male Freeman & Fisher 82, High Street, Eltham "Infantile paralysis" 39 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "…a sub-ordinary worker…""…no strength in one arm owing to infantile paralysis…"
1693/24Link opens in a new window 1926 24 Male Southern Counties Dairies Co. Ltd. 236/238, Shirley Road, Southampton "Infantile paralysis" 27 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "…He is certainly below average and frequently incapacitated for work…""…Paralysis of right leg…"
2217/25Link opens in a new window 1926 27 Male Mr. H. Lloyd 50A, Craven Lane, Clayton Bridge, Manchester "Mentally deficient" 15 shillings (40 hours) -
2361/27Link opens in a new window 1927 18 Male Mr. Wm. Williams 146, Lorrimore Rd., Walworth, SE17 "Deformed back" 20 shillings (48 hours) employers paying insurance "…He is deformed and physically below average, his height being 4 & 1/2 feet…""…owing to indifferent health in his childhood, his education was neglected…"
2456/27Link opens in a new window 1927 22 Male Mr. J. Lines 62a, Kilburn Park Rd., London, NW "Amputation of right arm" 35 shillings (40 hours) -
1796/27Link opens in a new window 1927 67 Male Mr. Rees Price 45, Goldhawk Rd., Shepherds Bush, W12 "Age and rheumatism" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
1733/27Link opens in a new window 1927 41 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. 22, Montpelier Vale, Blackheath, SE "Defective eyesight" 35 shillings (42 hours) "… worker's health is good and he has no physical injury. His eyes, however are weak and he wears very strong glasses …" "… Mentally he is weak, probably undeveloped through lack of care and attention in hs childhood. He was left an orphan at an early age and after a rough period with various relatives, he was placed in an orphanage ..."
5511/27Link opens in a new window 1927 72 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. 35, George Street, Richmond "Age" 45 shillings (50 hours) -
1758/27Link opens in a new window 1927 23 Male Walker & Wickens 8, Haynes Rd., Leicester "Defective eyesight" 50 shillings (52 hours) "… extremely bad eyesight …"
3303/27Link opens in a new window 1927 24 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery 112, Rumford St., Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester "Undersized" 45 shillings (48 hours) "… Age 22 years, height 4' 11" and weight 7 st 13 lbs …" "… he is of small stature …"
3304/27Link opens in a new window 1927 25 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery 112, Rumford St., Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester "Mentally deficient" 38 shillings (48 hours) "… Below average height and build. Dull vacant expression, very slow in answering questions, mentally he is much below the average …"
1288/27Link opens in a new window 1927 24 Female S. Reece & Sons Ltd. 5-15, Hawke St., Liverpool "Deformed left arm" 32 shillings (48 hours) "… worker's left arm was deformed and the worker was not capable of performing full duties …" "… has a shrivelled arm which is useless …"
1367/27Link opens in a new window 1927 19 Male Mr. C. Brown Rose St. Dairy, Swindon "Defective eyesight" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… He has very weak eyesight and while not apparently mentally deficient, may be described as a "simpleton". Although he went to the ordinary school, left at 14 in the 5th standard. He says he can spell out enough to read but beyond signing his name cannot write. He also stammers badly ..."
2917/27Link opens in a new window 1927 16 Male Mr. C. F. Frowd 54, Western Rd., Hove "Defective sight" 12 shillings (45 hours) "… worker is suffering from myopia …"
2067/27Link opens in a new window 1927 52 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. 163, Harrow Road, London, NW "Hammer toes" 45 shillings (48 hours) "… suffers from Hammer toes which makes him hobble instead of walking normally …" "… suffering form hammer toes and chronic rheumatism …"
4909/26Link opens in a new window 1927 17 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery 112, Rumford St., Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester "Undersized and deformity of legs" 22 shillings (48 hours) "… found his weight to be 5 st 15 lbs and his height 4 ft * & 1/2 in. He has curvature of both legs (bow legged) and is very much under-developed …"
550/27Link opens in a new window 1927 19 Female Poplar Dairies Ltd. Poplar St., Ardwick, Manchester "Deformity of right shoulder" 13 shillings & 6 pence (31 & 1/2 hours) "… she suffers from a deformity since birth of the right shoulder …"
2746/27Link opens in a new window 1927 67 Male The West End Farm Dairies Ltd. Northolt "Age" 45 shillings (54 hours) -
1411/27Link opens in a new window 1927 18 Male Mr. R. E. Cocks 7, Saltash St., Plymouth "Mentally defective" 20 shillings (54 hours) "… the worker is certified to be mentally deficient by the School Medical Officer [Plymouth Voluntary Association for Mental Welfare] … attended a special school until the age of 16 years …"
1614/27Link opens in a new window 1927 41 Male Reigate Farm Dairies 9, Warren Road, Reigate "Mentally defective" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… the worker was half-witted … very forgetful …"
1256/26Link opens in a new window 1927 20 Male Mr. J. Joyce 284, Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath "Defective eyesight" 24 shillings & 4 pence (31 hours) "… is suffering from Optic Atrophy …" "… He suffered from Tumour on the brain, shell shock and defective vision …" "… a very sad case, the lad was blown up in the Silvertown explosion …"
1232/27Link opens in a new window 1927 30 Male Mr. L. Fenn Buena Vista, Worsley Road, Gurnard, Isle of Wight "Diseased heart" 11 shillings (14 hours) "… is mentally deficient …"
1412/27Link opens in a new window 1927 23 Male Edgar & Fawcett Manor Farm, New Milton "Paralysis of right leg and arm" 8 pence per hour "… partially paralysed down the right side and his right leg and foot were affected and his right arm was useless …"
2011/27Link opens in a new window 1927 21 Male Mr. E. A. Budden Pratt's Farm, Ash, Surrey "Spinal curvature" 32 shillings (48 hours) -
1590/26Link opens in a new window 1927 43 Male The Farmers Direct Supply Dairy 8, Claremont, Hastings "Nervous debility" 40 shillings (48 hours) until 30.9.27. 37 shillings & 6 pence per week thereafter "… the worker is not a bright looking man …" "… worker was very slow …"
1229/27Link opens in a new window 1927 24 Male Mr. S. C. Lander 10, Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey "Undersized" 40 shillings (50 hours) "… he can do no lifting …" "… worker's height was 5 ft 2 & 1/2 ins. and weight 7 st 1 lb …"
3989/27Link opens in a new window 1927 45 Male Mr. W. W. Tucker Brent Knoll, Highbridge "Deaf and dumb" 2 shillings - 2 shillings & 6 pence per day "… he is one of 3 deaf and dumb brothers …"
3986/27Link opens in a new window 1927 23 Male Palmers Dairies Ltd. Homestead Farm, Birchington "Diseased hip" 30 shillings (48 hours) -
3421/27Link opens in a new window 1927 19 Male The Modern Dairies Ltd. Cambridge St., Bridlington "Crippled through curvature of ankle bones" 7 pence per hour (37 hours) "… He is a cripple of very small stature and with bent legs (curvature of ankle bone). He also suffers from severe headaches necessitating absence from work …"
3079/27Link opens in a new window 1927 18 Male Mr. B. Smolenski 84, Mildmay Park, London, N1 "Chest trouble and catarrh" 25 shillings (48 hours) "… Beyond a tendency to bronchial catarrh in the winter there is apparently nothing wrong with the worker. When 7 years of age he had diphtheria which left no ill effects …"
3905/27Link opens in a new window 1927 34 Male The Gloucester Farmers Ltd. Gloucester "Amputation of index finger of left hand" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
4079/27Link opens in a new window 1927 56 Male Mr. G. J. Stephens High St. Dairy, Lyndhurst "Tacchycardia" 15 shillings & 6 pence (42 hours) -
4343/27Link opens in a new window 1927 48 Male Mr. J. P. Cox 97, Albert St., Rugby "Chronic Gastritis" 27 shillings (54 hours) "… He is very small and very far from intelligent …"
3275/27Link opens in a new window 1927 20 Male Mr. E. Pickford 17, Brewery St., Manchester "Epileptic fits and mentally dull" 31 shillings & 6 pence (42 hours) "... He suffers from epileptic fits and appears to be mentally weak. He also stammers badly ..." "… The youth has no father, mother, sister or brother, and is dependent upon an aunt and uncle for a home …" "… Mr. Pickford [employer] is suspicious that the youth is not properly fed. I advised him to see the uncle and aunt and warn them …. If he was properly nourished he might overcome his trouble ..."
4391/27Link opens in a new window 1927 24 Male Mrs. M. Shortidge Hoole Lane Farm, Hoole Lane, Chester "Deafness and general debility" 16 shillings (28 hours) plus food and milk "… suffers from deafness, and is of a very nervous temperament …"
4642/27Link opens in a new window 1927 21 Male Mr. W. Belgrave 216, Brigstock Rd., Thornton Heath "Mentally deficient" 23 shillings (48 hours) "… has always been slow and dull. He does not seem his age and appears lethargic and irresponsible …"
4709/27Link opens in a new window 1927 24 Male Mr. E. Preece Rainbow Hill Dairy, Worcester "Cataract effecting both eyes" 35 shillings (48 hours) -
4650/27Link opens in a new window 1927 20 Male Mr. F. N. Potter 85, Lees Rd., Oldham "Ankylosis of right elbow joint" 17 shillings & 4 pence (24 & 1/2 hours) "… Right elbow joint is ankylosed as a result of an accident in May, 1924. There is considerable atrophy of the muscles of the right arm …" "… worker had a withered right arm … He was an inmate of the local infirmary for nearly 18 months and had six operations. The elbow bone was removed, but the upper bone was still growing and likely to be troublesome until he is about 25 years of age. The right arm could be bent slightly ..."
4885/27Link opens in a new window 1927 53 Male The Malmesbury & Parsons Dairies 151, Holdenhurst Rd., Bournemouth "Bad feet" 32 shillings (48 hours) -
3794/27Link opens in a new window 1927 16 Male Mr. E. Roberts 569, Forest Rd., Walthamstow, E17 "Mentally deficient" 10 shillings (42 hours) -
5685/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 34 Female Streton Brothers & Tanner, Ltd. 61, Stamshaw Road, Portsmouth "Mentally and physically slow" 7 shillings & 3/8 pence per hour (48 hours) "… She appears to be rather dull mentally … she appeared to take matters somewhat leisurely …" "… illiterate and cannot check own accounts …"
5686/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 43 Male Streton Brothers & Tanner, Ltd. 61, Stamshaw Road, Portsmouth "Weakness of legs and ankles" 11 shillings & 5/8 pence per hour (56 hours) "… invalided from the Army …" "… he is certainly of a very nervous disposition; a definite tremor of the hands being present …"
5684/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 27 Male Streton Brothers & Tanner, Ltd. 61, Stamshaw Road, Portsmouth "Locked knee and loss of finger on left hand. Knee cap removed" 10 shillings & 3/8 pence per hour (63 hours) -
4428/2/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 53 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. 26-30, Tavistock Place, London, WC1 "Morbus Cordis" 26 shillings (46 hours) -
1699/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 26 Male Mr. C. Banks 112, Portland Rd., Hove "Not mentally or physically fit" 35 shillings per week "… worker was physically and mentally undeveloped …"
192/1923Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Male Mr. S. C. Lander 10, Cotmandene, Dorking "Undersized and not physically strong" 31 shillings (48 hours) "… is of a small stature, in reality a dwarf, and looks like a boy of 12 …"
1843/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 71 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age" 57 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
1842/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 66 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age" 57 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
1839/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 63 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "General debility" 57 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
1835/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 35 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Withered leg owing to Army Service" 57 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
1833/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 44 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Bright's disease" 57 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
1836/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 61 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Muscular rheumatism in feet" 57 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
4992/10/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 38 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. 171, Uxbridge Road, W. Ealing "Withered leg. Wounded in the war" 52 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
5197/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 62 Male The Southern Counties Dairies Co. Ltd. Grosvenor Dairy, Tunbridge Wells "Age" 52 shillings (56 hours) -
5197/2/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 54 Male The Southern Counties Dairies Co. Ltd. Grosvenor Dairy, Tunbridge Wells "Age and defective feet" 52 shillings (56 hours) -
5064/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 34 Male Mr. W. Peace 19, Albion Street, Exmouth "Loss of right leg" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… lost the right leg below the knee …"
1831/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 53 Male Mr. R. B. Hirst Providence Dairies, Peterson Road, Wakefield "Rheumatism" 44 shillings (40 hours) "… the worker suffers from rheumatism of the knees and arm …"
5648/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 45 Male The Southern Manchester Pure Milk Supply Mytton Street, Hulme, Manchester "Slight mental deficiency" 51 shillings & 3 pence (55 hours) "… the worker is undersized, slightly mentally deficient, suffers from bad feet and moves slowly and awkwardly …" "… is illiterate and quite incapable of doing any accounts …" "… has an awkward temperament and is stubborn and moody …"
5254/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 23 Male Evans & Son 345, Great College St., London, NW1 "Stiff leg (foot and ankle)" 51 shillings & 11 pence (51 & 1/2 hours) -
4158/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 24 Male Mr. J. W. Wales 582, Oldham Road, Newton Heath, Manchester "Mentally deficient" 10 shillings (30 hours) "… The worker is only 8 years of age mentally and has to be told everything everyday …"
4984/1923Link opens in a new window 1925 33 Male Mr. W. Benson 41, Stamford Rd., Tottenham, N15 "Loss of leg" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… He lost a leg during the war …"
103/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 56 Male R. Bowyer & Sons 310, High Road, Lee, SE13 "No particular infirmity or physical injury but very slow" 42 shillings & 6 pence (42 hours) -
5531/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 49 Male The Dorset Pure Milk Supply Co. 22, Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea "Deformed feet" 52 shillings (52 hours) "… He has bad feet and a weak heart …"
5522/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 19 Male Mr. A. B. Clapham 183, Lordship Lane, Wood Green, N "Tuberculosis of right thigh" 15 shillings per week (5 hours per day) "… Tuberculosis of right thigh, is poorly developed and is fit for light work only …"
5557/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 20 Female The Barthomley Farmers' Dairies Ltd. Healington, Crewe "Shortening of the left leg" 26 shillings (42 hours) "… suffers from congenital shortening of the left leg …"
101/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 64 Male Mr. F. E. Hunting Manor Farm, Woodston, Peterborough "Cardiac disease" 5 & 1/2 pence per week for 1st 25 hours and remaining hours at 5 & 1/2 pence per hour "… suffers from advanced age, Bronchitis, rheumatism, poor health and a weak heart …"
1726/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 53 Male The Weston Retail Dairies Ltd. 60, Orchard St., Weston Super Mare "Nervous debility" 40 shillings (44 hours) "… worker's development was poor, memory defective, that he was prematurely aged and below average in mentality …" "… He suffers from nervous debility and is very unreliable …"
292/1925Link opens in a new window 1925 21 Male Mr. Albert Cutter 76, Shakespeare Street, Cardiff "Pulmonary Tuberculosis" 33 shillings (48 hours) and 10 pence an hour for overtime "… has never attended school and is unable to read or write. His absence from school was due to pulmonary tuberculosis …"
3136/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 21 Male Mr. E. Harrison The Model Dairy, 10, Vaudrey Street, Shirley "Chronic Asthma" 35 shilling per week "… as a boy he was always very delicate, and always suffered from asthma …" "… he is anything but bright, and a question or two confuses him …"
3608/25Link opens in a new window 1925 17 Male T. C. & M. Steele Must Hill, Skelsmergh, Kendal "Fits" 4 shillings (14 hours) "… he is intelligent and energetic, but he has often two or three fits in one day …"
3609/25Link opens in a new window 1925 71 Male The South Manchester Pure Milk Supply Mytton Street, Hulme, Manchester "Age" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
2910/25Link opens in a new window 1925 42 Male R. & J. P. Davies 40, Broad St., Leominster "Lameness Diseased bone having been taken out of right foot" 6 pence per hour "… this man is sub-normal …" "… he is not only lame from an operation, but very frail and weak …"
3375/25Link opens in a new window 1925 36 Male W. Jarman & Son Fern Lea Dairy, St. Peters Rd., Margate "Trench feet Loss of toes off feet. Neurasthenia" 47 shillings (48 hours), plus meals and 3 pints of milk per day -
688/25Link opens in a new window 1925 63 Male Manor Farm Dairy 39, High Road, East Finchley "Chronic Bronchitis" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
3282/25Link opens in a new window 1925 27 Male Mrs. S. D. Harris 33, Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset "Curvature of spine" 26 shillings (56 hours) plus insurance "… deformed and slightly mentally deficient young man …"
1726/24Link opens in a new window 1925 54 Male Somerset Direct Dairies Ltd. Weston Super Mare "Prematurely aged and neurasthenia" 30 shillings (48 hours) -
3488/25Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Male New Close Farm Wyke Regis, Dorset "Club foot" 35 shillings (52 hours) "… lack of full mental efficiency, due to lack of education, environment and perhaps to some extent mental dullness …"
3868/25Link opens in a new window 1925 52 Male J. Tickle & Son Brompton Dairy, Chatham "Totally blind" 25 shillings (48 hours) "…worker was employed as a Roundsman before going blind about 20 years ago…"
1725/25Link opens in a new window 1925 40 Male The Farmers Direct Supply Dairy 8, Claremont, Hastings "General debility" 37 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
3858/25Link opens in a new window 1925 33 Male Hindells Dairy Farmers Ltd. 14, Leighton St., Leeds "Disabled right hand (gun shot wound)" 52 shillings (48 hours) "… gunshot wound of the right wrist. He has several operations but they were unsuccessful in restoring any useful power to the right hand …" "… The wound was … acquired on active service (in France) …"
4924/25Link opens in a new window 1925 17 Male Mr. J. Cattrall 254, Fairfield Rd., Droylsden, Manchester "Lameness due to infantile paralysis" 3 & 1/4 pence per hour -
1693/24Link opens in a new window 1925 23 Male Southern Dairies Co. Ltd. 59, Above Bar, Southampton "Infantile paralysis" 27 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… below average and frequently incapacitated for work …" "… suffering from infantile paralysis of right leg and feet …"
1718/24Link opens in a new window 1925 49 Male R. Higgs & Sons Ltd. 22, Credon Rd., Bermondsey, SE "Corneal opacities & conjunctivitis" 45 shillings (48 hours) "… The worker's eyesight is very bad …"
2397/24 or 2357/24Link opens in a new window 1925 62 Male Farley Woodhams & Co. Ltd. 1, Townwall St., Dover "Bronchitis and Asthma" 1 shilling per hour -
2217/25Link opens in a new window 1925 26 Male Mr. H. Lloyd 6, Hope Street, Clayton Bridge, Manchester "Mentally deficient" 15 shillings (40 hours) -
2916/26Link opens in a new window 1926 19 on 22.7.1926 Male Mr. Wm. Laycock 85, Lees Rd., Oldham "Withered right arm" 6 pence per hour "… worker has a withered right arm as a result of an accident. He was an inmate of the local infirmary for nearly 18 months and had six operations. The elbow bone was removed, but the upper bone is still growing and likely to be troublesome until he is about 25 years of age. The right arm can be bent slightly ..."
3484/25Link opens in a new window 1926 24 Male Mr. T. B. Lucas 62, Newtown, Whitehaven "Deformed legs" 10 shillings (14 hours) plus insurance "… worker was very small and much below normal. He was very lame on account of his deformed legs …"
2857/26Link opens in a new window 1926 22 Male Mr. J. W. Matthew Bartonsham Farm, Hereford "Undersized" 30 shillings (52 hours) "… the worker is underdeveloped of weakly constitution and lacking in vitality and is subnormal …"
2917/26Link opens in a new window 1926 62 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. George Street, Richmond "Age" 60 shillings (55 hours) -
200/26Link opens in a new window 1926 68 Male Mr. R. B. Hirst Peterson Road, Wakefield "Age" 1 shilling per hour -
2433/26Link opens in a new window 1926 31 Male The London Wholesale Dairies Ltd. 93, Albert Embankment, London, SE11 "Loss of one eye and frost bitten feet" 47 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… he is to a certain extent crippled as a result of frost-bitten feet and blind in one eye …"
3075/26Link opens in a new window 1926 38 Male Mr. S. J. Boley Fairview Farm, Bleadon, Somerset "Flat feet" 38 shillings & 9 pence (34 hours) plus breakfast each day "… the worker is simple-minded, inexperienced, slow mover and old for his age …"
2033/26Link opens in a new window 1926 54 Male Mr. G. Brown 1-11 Alexander Pope Street, Liverpool "Mentally deficient" 8 & 3/4 pence per hour (54 hours) "… very dull-witted and stupid, making mistakes and having to be supervised …" "… He is undersized and mentally undeveloped …" "… very slow in his movements, somewhat deaf, and his intelligence is not of a very high order …"
3705/26Link opens in a new window 1926 20 on 6.10.1925 Male Mr. E. H. Webb 408, Hoe Street, Walthamstow "Defective eyesight and deformed foot" 30 shillings & 6 pence (54 hours) "… worker suffers from very bad eyesight and a deformed foot. He is also rather dull …"
4070/26Link opens in a new window 1926 22 Male Mr. H. Braddock 54, Cedar St., Southport "Spinal curvature" 48 shillings (51 & 1/2 hours) "… there is marked deformity and he is small in stature and cannot lift …"
1115/26Link opens in a new window 1926 31 Male Mr. F. T. Pike 7, Mount Pleasant Rd., Exeter "Neurasthenia" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… His mental instability makes him unable to accept any responsibility or to concentrate on his work …"
4514/26Link opens in a new window 1926 51 Male R. Higgs & Son, Ltd. 180, High St., Clapham, SW4 "Mentally deficient" 32 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… The man fell out of his perambulator when a baby and in some way damaged his head …" "… he is less than half witted, cannot read, write or count and can hardly talk …"
4459/26Link opens in a new window 1926 84 Male R. Wathes & Son 98, King Richards Rd., Leicester "Age" 1 shilling per hour -
6781/1925Link opens in a new window 1926 29 Male Young & Sons 36, Hambrook St., Portsmouth "Deafness" 52 shillings (56 hours) "… He is undersized and rather deaf …"
3282/1925Link opens in a new window 1926 27 Male Mrs. S. D. Harris 33, Fortuneswell, Portland "Curvature of spine" 26 shillings (56 hours) "… pronounced curvature of the spine. He has a decided stoop …" "… Though of small stature, about 4' 6" - 8" he is strong … he can be described as simple, but not mentally defective …"
1696/24Link opens in a new window 1927 25 Male The Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. 31, Ashbrook Road, Upper Holloway, N10 "Ankylosis of left knee" 50 shillings (48 hours) -
4198/26Link opens in a new window 1927 29 Male Mr. J. C. Webster King Street, Egremont, Wallasey "Malformation of both arms" 32 shillings & 6 pence (35 hours) "… worker suffers from malformation of both arms. The limbs are only the length of the upper arms and finish with three fingers arranged like the toe's of a fowl's foot. There are no thumbs. His spine is badly curved while his general physical condition is poor ..."
1809/25Link opens in a new window 1927 61 Male The Creameries Ltd. 45, West Street, Reading "Age, defective eyesight, bad legs" 52 shillings (55 hours) "… obviously slow owing to his age …"
3075/26Link opens in a new window 1927 38 Male Mr. S. J. Boley Fairview Farm, Bleadon, Somerset "Simple minded and slow moving" 38 shillings, plus full insurance and 1 quart of milk a day "… simple-minded, inexperienced, slow mover and old for his age …"
2433/26Link opens in a new window 1927 31 Male The London Wholesale Dairies Ltd. 93, Albert Embankment, London, SE11 "Loss of sight of one eye and frostbitten feet" 47 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… has lost a lot of time through illness, and owing to the condition of his feet, is unable to do a normal man's work ..." "… seemed a hefty sort of a chap. He has only one eye, and suffers from frost-bitten feet …"
3488/25Link opens in a new window 1927 26 Male Mr. A. Downton New Close Farm, Wyke Regis, Dorset "Club foot" 34 shillings (48 hours) plus 1 pint of milk per day - employer paying insurances "… Lack of full mental efficiency due to lack of education, environment and perhaps to some extent mental dullness …"
4930/26Link opens in a new window 1927 21 Male A. &. L. Hoskin Old Mill Dairy, Chelston, Torquay "Mentally deficient" 10 shillings (40 hours) -
2910/26Link opens in a new window 1927 43 Male R. & J. P. Davies 40, Broad Street, Leominster "Lameness" 37 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… weakness of left ankle. He has had an operation for the removal of a necrosed bone from the lower part of the left tibia …"
4834/26Link opens in a new window 1927 21 Male Mr. W. J. Jenkin 16, Grantham Rd., Brighton "Ankylosed knee" 45 shillings (48 hours) "… partially ankylosed knee, apparently the result of an old septic arthritis …"
4867/26Link opens in a new window 1927 18 Male Mr. E. E. Benson Kettering Dairy, Kettering "Loss of fingers on right hand" 22 shillings & 6 pence (31 & 1/2 hours) "… the worker has lost three full fingers and part of the fourth of the right hand …"
6078/4/25Link opens in a new window 1927 58 Male The Malmesbury & Parsons Dairies 65, Palmerston Rd., Boscombe "Chronic Synovitis of knees" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
3858/25Link opens in a new window 1927 35 Male Hindells Dairy Farmers Ltd. 14, Leighton St., Leeds "Gunshot wound right arm" 54 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… gunshot wound of the right wrist. He has several operations but they were unsuccessful in restoring any useful power to the right hand …" "… The wound was … acquired on active service (in France) …"
2002/26Link opens in a new window 1927 24 Male Mr. E. W. Turner 286, Old London Rd., Hastings "Shortness of stature & lack of physical strength" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
5260/26Link opens in a new window 1927 72 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. Valley Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
133/27Link opens in a new window 1927 56 Male Somerset Direct Dairies Ltd. Worthy Place, Weston Super Mare "Neurasthenia" 30 shillings (48 hours) -
121/27Link opens in a new window 1927 22 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. Hanger Lane, Ealing Common, W "Rigidity of right shoulder joint" 60 shillings (54 hours), plus average of 3 shillings & 6 pence commission -
122/27Link opens in a new window 1927 23 Male Mr. S. G. Harrison The Model Dairy, 10, Vaudrey Street, Shirley, Southampton "Asthma" 35 shillings (48 hours) -
147/27Link opens in a new window 1927 30 Male Mr. C. Banks 112, Portland Rd., Hove "Undersized. Defective hearing and sight" 35 shillings (48 hours) -
367/27Link opens in a new window 1927 25 Male Reigate Farm Dairies Ltd. 9, Warren Road, Reigate "Paralysed muscle of left leg" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… The muscle below the knee of the left leg was paralysed following scarlet fever …"
119/27Link opens in a new window 1927 29 Male Streton Brothers & Tanner, Ltd. 61, Stamshaw Road, Portsmouth "Gun shot wounds in left knee & hand" 11 & 3/4 pence per hour "… knee cap removed resulting in locked knee and loss of finger on left hand …"
186/26Link opens in a new window 1927 21 Male Mr. J. Anderton 42, Kingswell St., Northampton - 38 shillings (48 hours) plus breakfast and tea "… He was unable to read or write owing to non-attendance at school through ill-health …"
135/27Link opens in a new window 1927 23 Male J. M. Carden & Son The Creamery, Bath "Effects of Meningitis and St. Vitus dance" 33 shillings (44 hours) -
278/27Link opens in a new window 1927 17 on 21.5.26 Male Waeaver & Sons Newtown Dairy, Wrexham "Mentally deficient" 9 shillings per week plus food "… He is backward mentally rather than seriously mentally deficient but is also undeveloped physically …"
5963/26Link opens in a new window 1927 50 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. 26, Tavistock Place, London, WC1 "General debility and deafness" 50 shillings (48 hours) -
14972/201Link opens in a new window 1921 66 Male Hill's Dairy 12, Bowen Road, Harrow "Deaf and Dumb" 32 shillings (48 hours) -
217/21Link opens in a new window 1921 38 Male C. & G. Prideaux Ltd. The Creamery, Shillingstone, Dorset "Withered hand and cannot read or write" 30 shillings (48 hours) and 6 pence per hour overtime -
3329/21Link opens in a new window 1921 56 Male Wilts United Dairies Ltd. Trowbridge "Premature senility" 40 shillings (44 hours) and 6 pence per hour overtime -
6565/21Link opens in a new window 1921 25 Male Mr. M. Westwood Roxwell House, Chelmsford "Rheumatism" 55 shillings (50 hours) and 6 pence per hour overtime "… coming out of the Army through having Rheumatic Fever …"
8764/21Link opens in a new window 1921 22 Male Mr. A. Crouch Manor Farm, Horningsea "Enlargement of heart & slight tacchy-cardia" 42 shillings per week -
11958/21Link opens in a new window 1921 65 Male Welford's Surrey Dairies Ltd. 1/2 Park Street, Croydon "Fit for light work" 42 shillings per week and commission on sales averaging 7 shillings & 6 pence per week -
13132/21Link opens in a new window 1921 38 Male J. Pickrall The Creameries, Dartford "Wounded arm and eyes" 45 shillings (48 hours) -
13339/21Link opens in a new window 1921 46 Male The Biddenham Dairies Ltd. 82, Bromham Road, Bedford "Suffers with bad feet" Minimum rate and no overtime, stated to amount to 62 shillings & 6 pence (52 hours) -
13148/21Link opens in a new window 1921 43 Male Southern Counties Dairies Co. Ltd. 59, Above Bar, Southampton "Left leg amputated" 40 shillings (48 hours) -
19935/20Link opens in a new window 1921 19 Male T. Bates Pembroke Farm, Hastings "Atrophy of right arm and forearm and shoulder" 27 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
15009/21Link opens in a new window 1921 18 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 55, High Road, Streatham, SW16 None stated 30 shillings (43 hours) -
2128/25Link opens in a new window 1925 19 Male Mr. W. E. Potter Sunnymead Dairy, Crescent Road, Stockport "Constitutional weakness" 20 shillings (46 hours) -
1725/25Link opens in a new window 1925 40 Male The Farmers Direct Supply Dairy 8, Claremont, Hastings "General debility" 37 shillings (48 hours) "… The worker is not a bright looking man, but seems mentally and physically competent …"
1994/25Link opens in a new window 1925 19 Male Mr. W. Kershaw 19, Hesketh St., Heaton Norris, Stockport "Deaf and dumb" 20 shillings (28 hours) -
1473/25Link opens in a new window 1925 19 Male Mr. F. S. Kirby 266, Linthorpe Rd., Middlesbrough "Paralysis of right arm" 8 & 3/4 pence per hour "… is suffering from contracture and incomplete development of the right arm …"
2491/25Link opens in a new window 1925 15 Female Mr. J. Williams Bowling Bank, Isycoed, near Wrexham "Loss of right arm" 2 & 1/4 pence per hour "… the worker has only one arm, the disability dating from birth …"
2968/25Link opens in a new window 1925 60 Male Farmers & Cleveland Dairies Co. Ltd. 4, Cleveland Road, Ilford "Age" 40 shillings (45 hours) -
1598/24Link opens in a new window 1925 54 Male Mr. W. J. Brown Cuffnells Farm, Lyndhurst "Physically unsound" 9 pence per hour -
532/25Link opens in a new window 1925 54 Male R. Martin & Co. Ltd. 26, Weatherbrook Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham "Hernia" 40 shillings (48 hours) "… has been suffering for several years from a permanent injury to his back which is gradually becoming very serious …" "… he is making slow recovery from an operation …"
2049/25Link opens in a new window 1925 23 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery Ackers Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester "Under development" 30 shillings (48 hours) -
2049/2/25Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery Ackers Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester "Under development" 30 shillings (48 hours) plus one meal per day "… height 4' 11" and weight 7 st 13 lbs …" "… He is of small stature and although developed in accordance with his height, he is not strong …"
2049/3/25Link opens in a new window 1925 21 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery Ackers Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester "Mentally deficient" 35 shillings (48 hours) "… Below average height and build. Dull vacant expression, very slow in answering questions, mentally he is much below average …"
386/26Link opens in a new window 1926 22 Male Walker & Wickens Haynes Rd., Leicester "Defective eyesight" 50 shillings (52 hours) -
1831/24Link opens in a new window 1926 54 Male Mr. R. B. Hirst Peterson Road, Wakefield "Rheumatism" 50 shillings irrespective of hours -
200/23Link opens in a new window 1926 67 Male Mr. R. B. Hirst Peterson Road, Wakefield "Defective eyesight" 30 shillings irrespective of hours "… he is very bad on his feet …"
1256/26Link opens in a new window 1926 19 Male Mr. J. Joyce 284, Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath "Tumour of brain and defective eyesight" 21 shillings & 4 pence (31 hours) "… he suffers from Tumour on the brain, shell shock and defective vision …" "… the lad was blown up in the Silvertown explosion …"
1106/25Link opens in a new window 1926 17 on 22.12.1925 Male Mr. R. E. Cocks 7, Saltash St., Plymouth "Mentally deficient" 15 shillings (48 hours) -
1665/26Link opens in a new window 1926 29 Male Mr. G. Newman 12, Tor Hill Road, Torquay "Mentally deficient" 37 shillings & 6 pence (40 hours) "… worker was feeble minded …"
2010/25Link opens in a new window 1926 23 Female S. Reece & Son 5/15 Hawke St., London, SW "Loss of left forearm" 8 pence per hour "… worker's left arm was deformed …" "… The worker has a shrivelled arm which is useless …"
1668/26Link opens in a new window 1926 19 Male The Ormesby Dairy Co. 41, Gurney St., Middlesbrough "Withered leg" 25 shillings (44 hours) -
1920/26Link opens in a new window 1926 69 Male T. French & Co. 72/74, Gipsy Hill, London, SE19 "Age" 41 shillings & 6 pence per week -
1684/25Link opens in a new window 1926 30 Male Mr. L. Fenn Worsley Rd., Gurnard, Isle of Wight "Diseased heart" 11 shilling (14 hours) "… mentally deficient …"
149/25Link opens in a new window 1926 25 Male T. Cundy & Son 25, Benbow Street, Devonport "Muscularly weak" 30 shilling (42 hours) "… has always been muscularly weak - back chiefly affected and readily becomes tired. Intellectually he is not dependable, cannot be given any form of responsibility …"
2104/25Link opens in a new window 1926 24 Male Mr. S. C. Lander 10, Cotmandene, Dorking "Undersized" 38 shilling (50 hours) -
1666/26Link opens in a new window 1926 56 Male Phillips Bros. & Co. 17, Cobden St., Nottingham "Emphysema rheumatism and weak spine" 25 shilling (35 hours) plus one meal per day -
2011/26Link opens in a new window 1926 20 Male Mr. E. A. Budden Pratts Farm, Ash "Curvature of and Tubercular spine" 30 shilling (46 hours) pus 1 pint of milk per day "… He was in St. Thomas' Hospital for 4 months …"
2038/26Link opens in a new window 1926 67 Male R. W. Pettit & Sons 46 & 50, High Street, Walthamstow, E17 "Age" 28 shilling (42 hours) "… suffering from Cardiac Disease …"
938/25Link opens in a new window 1926 22 Male Edgar & Fawcett New Milton "Paralysis of leg and arm" 8 pence per hour "… partially paralysed down the right side. His right leg and foot were affected and his right arm was useless …"
1590/26Link opens in a new window 1926 41 Male The Farmers Direct Supply Dairy 8, Claremont, Hastings "General debility" 37 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) 40 shillings (48 hours) from July to September "… worker is not a bright looking man, but seems mentally and physically competent …"
2086/26Link opens in a new window 1926 32 Male Cary & Grimsdell Dorchester "Damaged wrist" 50 shilling (48 hours) -
2224/26Link opens in a new window 1926 27 Male Mr. J. H. Richards 43, London St., Chertsey "Mentally deficient" 31 shillings & 9 pence (48 hours) "… is mentally deficient, blind in one eye and the sight of the other is defective …"
1115/26Link opens in a new window 1926 31 Male Mr. F. T. Pike Mount Pleasant Dairy, Exeter "Neurasthenia" 35 shilling (48 hours) -
2433/26Link opens in a new window 1926 31 Male The London Wholesale Dairies Ltd. 93, Albert Embankment, London, SE11 "Loss of sight of one eye and frostbitten feet" 47 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) -
2423/26Link opens in a new window 1926 19 on 7.9.25 Male Mr. E. Peter 39, Broad Park Rd., Plymouth "Mentally deficient" 16 shillings & 4 pence (28 hours) "… [From school] He was then working in STD. V. [Standard 5] which shows that he was very backward, about 3 years behind where he should have been if of normal intelligence …" "… obviously a mental dullness …"
2019/26Link opens in a new window 1926 82 Male Mr. J. W. Banner Bargain Hill, Sittingbourne "Age" 25 shilling (34 hours) -
2012/25Link opens in a new window 1926 21 Male Mr. J. Dodd Brinnington Rise, Stockport "Deaf and dumb and nerve trouble" 19 shilling (47 hours) "… is deaf and dumb. He cannot read and can only write his name …" "… owing to nervous disorder when younger, the boy was not considered suitable for admission to a school for deaf mutes and consequently he has had no education …"
510/26 (1)Link opens in a new window 1926 66 Male Mr. T. J. Northcott 2, Exeter Rd., Teignmouth "Age" 36 shillings & 4 pence (48 hours) "… slow …"
510/26 (2)Link opens in a new window 1926 58 Male Mr. T. J. Northcott 2, Exeter Rd., Teignmouth "Rheumatism in legs and feet" 16 shillings & 6 pence (36 & 1/2 hours) plus board and lodging valued at 20 shillings "… slower on his feet …"
5475/25Link opens in a new window 1926 37 Male The Reigate Farm Dairies 9, Warren Road, Reigate "Mentally deficient" 35 shilling (48 hours) "… mentally deficient, very forgetful …"
550/27Link opens in a new window 1927 19 Female Poplar Dairies Ltd. Poplar St., Ardwick, Manchester "Deformity of shoulder since birth" 13 shillings & 6 pence (31 & 1/2 hours) "… She suffers from a deformity since birth of the right shoulder …"
1648/27Link opens in a new window 1927 61 Male H. W. Case & Sons Ltd. 10, Oxford St., Kingstown, Bristol "Age, bronchitis, arterio sclerosis and cardiac weakness" 1 shilling per hour (48 hours) -
4909/26Link opens in a new window 1927 17 Male Harrisons Waverley Creamery 112, Rumford St., Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester "Undersized and deformed legs" 22 shilling (48 hours) "… found his weight to be 5st. 13 lbs and his height 4ft 8 & 1/2 in. He has curvature of both legs (bow legged) and is very much underdeveloped …"
583/27Link opens in a new window 1927 21 Male M. K. N. Pickles 752, Borough Rd., Prenton, Birkenhead "Effects of pleurisy and mentally deficient" 25 shilling (48-56 hours) "… He is mentally deficient and he suffers from loss of memory …" "… worker is not of good physique has suffered from Pleurisy and is not of quite average mental capacity for his age …"
4834/26Link opens in a new window 1927 21 Male M. W. I. Jenkin 16, Grantham Rd., Brighton "Ankylosed knee" 48 shilling (48 hours) "… worker suffered from a stiff knee, the result of Septic Arthritis …"
1210/27Link opens in a new window 1927 66 Male Edwards & Sons Station Buildings, Forest Hill, SE "Age" 57 shillings & 6 pence (63 hours) "… is an old man and is likely to be slow in his work …"
1404/27Link opens in a new window 1927 28 Male The Southsea Dairy Co. Ltd. 29/31, Marmion Road, Southsea "Infantile paralysis" 24 shilling (48 hours) -
2067/27Link opens in a new window 1927 52 Male The Express Dairy Co. Ltd. 163, Harrow Road, London, NW "Hammer toes and chronic rheumatism" 45 shilling (48 hours) -
6078/4/25Link opens in a new window 1927 58 Male The Malmesbury and Parsons Dairies 65, Palmerston Rd., Boscombe "Chronic Synovitis of knees" 40 shilling (48 hours) -
2012/27Link opens in a new window 1927 58 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. Hendon Lane, Ealing Common, W5 "Age" 58 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours) -
2012/2/27Link opens in a new window 1927 49 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. Hendon Lane, Ealing Common, W5 "Bronchitis" 58 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours) -
2013/3/27Link opens in a new window 1927 60 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. Hendon Lane, Ealing Common, W5 "Age" 58 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours) -
2012/4/27Link opens in a new window 1927 59 Male Long & Pocock Ltd. Hendon Lane, Ealing Common, W5 "Rupture & rheumatism" 58 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours) -
1986/27Link opens in a new window 1927 67 Male Mr. K. Norman 259, Ditchling Rd., Brighton "Age" 17 shillings & 6 pence (35 hours) -
1981/27Link opens in a new window 1927 38 Male Mr. H. P. Dyke 12, St, Peters Terrace, Lower Bristol Rd., Bath "Lameness left leg and septic toe" 27 shillings & 6 pence (35 hours) "… worker suffers from a lame left leg and also a septic toe due to war service …"
6713/22Link opens in a new window 1922 63 Male The Wilts & Somerset Farmers Ltd. - "Age & deficient eyesight" 40 shillings per week (48 hours) Buttermaking & milk roundsman
22783/20Link opens in a new window 1922 73 Male S.R. Titcombe West Street, Emsworth "Age & double rupture" 42 shillings per week (44 hours) Milk round
5043/20Link opens in a new window 1922 20 Male A.J. Boroughs The Lappings, Chorlton Kings "Hunchback & under-sized" 30 shillings per week (48 hours) Assisting in delivery of milk
22823/20Link opens in a new window 1922 30 Male E.T. Manley & Sons Wimbledon Park Farm, London SW18 "Gunshot wound in both legs. Permanent limp" 51 shillings per week (41 hours) Roundsman
27486/21Link opens in a new window 1922 51 Male R.B. Hirst, Providence Dairies Wakefield "Rheumatism of knees & arms" 44 shillings & 6 pence per week (40 hours) Yardman
8145/21Link opens in a new window 1922 75 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age and defective eyesight" 20 shillings per week "compassionate allowance" Yardman, "employed as horse-keeper"
8140/21Link opens in a new window 1922 68 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Rheumatism" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week Roundsman
8141/21Link opens in a new window 1922 64 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week Roundsman
8135/21Link opens in a new window 1922 33 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Injury to right leg" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week Roundsman
8136/21Link opens in a new window 1922 42 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Chronic Bright’s disease" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week Roundsman
8137/21Link opens in a new window 1922 59 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Rheumatism and Flat feet" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week Roundsman
8139/21Link opens in a new window 1922 61 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age and general debility" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week Roundsman
9138/21Link opens in a new window 1922 40 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Defective mental development" 25 shillings per week (48 hours) Odd jobs in & about yard
8142/21Link opens in a new window 1922 69 Male Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill Ltd. 116, High Road, Streatham, SW16 "Age" 57 shillings & 6 pence per week Milk round
6475/22Link opens in a new window 1922 56 Male The Cherry Hinton Hall Farm Dairy Silver Street, Cambridge "Gout" 50 shillings per week (48 hours) Driving milk van
6342/21Link opens in a new window 1922 64 Male Edwards & Sons, Ltd. Station Buildings, Forest Hill, SE23 "Age and rheumatism" 45 shillings per week (48 hours) Odd jobs
6340/21Link opens in a new window 1922 46 Male Edwards & Sons, Ltd. Station Buildings, Forest Hill, SE23 "Deaf and dumb" 52 shillings & 6 pence per week (48 hours) Churn washing
8737/21Link opens in a new window 1922 25 Male Lancashire Hygienic Dairies, Ltd. Mulberry Street, Hulme, Manchester "Loss of an eye" 50 shillings per week (48 hours) Attending to boiler & cleaning in dairy
8738/21Link opens in a new window 1922 66 Male Lancashire Hygienic Dairies, Ltd. Mulberry Street, Hulme, Manchester "Age" 45 shillings per week (40 hours) Clerical
7046/22Link opens in a new window 1922 58 Male J.W. Rigby The Promenade, Seven Kings "Age" 40 shillings per week (48 hours) Milk carrier
5723/22Link opens in a new window 1922 33 Male Middleton Grange Dairy West Hartlepool "Defective sight and impediment in speech" 30 shillings per week (35 hours) Milk round
6258/22Link opens in a new window 1922 60 Male United Dairies (Wholesale) Ltd. 1, Station Terrace, Wimborne "Age" 40 shillings per week (48 hours) Churn washing
6359/22Link opens in a new window 1922 16 Male V. Henly 120, St. George Rd., Bristol "Undersize" 15 shillings per week (44 hours) Milk round
21806/20Link opens in a new window 1922 62 Male Wathes Cattell & Gurden, Ltd. 385, Farm Street, Hockley, Birmingham "Age and Lameness" 38 shillings & 6 pence per week (48 hours) Horse-keeper and stableman
21807/20Link opens in a new window 1922 72 Male Wathes Cattell & Gurden, Ltd. 385, Farm Street, Hockley, Birmingham "Age and Lameness" 38 shillings & 6 pence per week (48 hours) Horse-keeper and stableman
21808/20Link opens in a new window 1922 62 Male Wathes Cattell & Gurden, Ltd. 385, Farm Street, Hockley, Birmingham "Age and defective eyesight" 51 shillings & 6 pence per week (48 hours) Job: Tipping milk into bosh
6587/22Link opens in a new window 1922 42 Male Heath Farm Dairy Co. Sandridge Road, St. Albans "Partial Deafness" 50 shillings per week (48 hours) Book-keeper
7487/21Link opens in a new window 1922 65 Male R.B. Hirst, Providence Dairies Wakefield "Defective vision, age & physical debility" 30 shillings per week (36 hours) Roundsman
2349/22Link opens in a new window 1922 18 Male Long & Pocock, Ltd. 171, Uxbridge Road, West Ealing "Permanent rigidity of right shoulder joint" 23 shillings per week (48 hours) Light work in yard & bicycle milk round
6476/22Link opens in a new window 1922 34 Male Thetford & Barnham Dairy 24, King Street, Thetford "Weak heart" 42 shillings per week (48 hours) On milk round and washing-up
20032/20Link opens in a new window 1922 41 Female Woodheads’ Creameries Tulketh Street, Southport "Diminutive stature" 28 shillings per week (48 hours) Rounds-woman
15731/20Link opens in a new window 1922 23 Male F. Bonnett Rose Villa, Angmering, Littlehampton "Loss of one foot" 40 shillings per week (48 hours) Roundsman
17346/21Link opens in a new window 1922 21 Male G. Goatcher, High Street Dairy Steyning "Valvular disease of the heart" 33 shillings per week (47 hours) Job: Small round and assist in washing up
18033/21Link opens in a new window 1922 62 Male Abbott Bros., Dairies, Ltd. 53, London Road, Southend on Sea "Advanced Age" 62 shillings & 6 pence per week (54 hours) Job: Retail delivery of Milk
18034/21Link opens in a new window 1922 46 Male Abbott Bros., Dairies, Ltd. 53, London Road, Southend on Sea "Unduly slow" 62 shillings & 6 pence per week (54 hours) Job: Retail delivery of Milk
20218/20Link opens in a new window 1922 56 Male F.W. Bickle 539, Bristol Road, Bournbrook "Impaired strength and vision" 45 shillings per week (48 hours) Job: Delivery of Milk and utensils washing
15741/20Link opens in a new window 1922 22 Male F. Bonnett Rose Villa, Angmering, Littlehampton "Amputated Foot" 40 shillings per week (48 hours) Roundsman
6565/21Link opens in a new window 1922 26 Male W. Westwood, Roxwell House Farm Roxwell, Chelmsford "Rheumatism" 55 shillings per week (54 hours) Roundsman
2287/24Link opens in a new window 1925 32 Female The Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Slightly mentally deficient" 23 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours) "… feeble minded …"
2288/24Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Male The Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Deafness" 35 shilling (48 hours) "… deaf or nearly so, and it was difficult to understand what he said …"
2289/24Link opens in a new window 1925 64 Male The Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Age" 35 shilling (48 hours) "… subject to fits and is occasionally off work for fairly lengthy periods …"
5365/1924Link opens in a new window 1925 20 Female Carse of Gowrie Dairy Co. Ltd. 68, Ward Road, Dundee "Undersized" 16 shillings & 7 pence (39 & 1/2 hours) "… undersized …"
1875/1923Link opens in a new window 1923 18 Male W. Reith, Kennerty Dairy 46/48, Rose Street, Aberdeen "Weak chest". "Suffers slightly from tuberculosis and is slightly deformed" 18 shillings per week (44 1/2 hours) Odd jobs. Was taken on "at the request of one of the carters who had employed the worker as a messenger and cart boy". Will be sacked if employer needs to pay full rate
5233/26Link opens in a new window 1927 23 Female The Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Mentally deficient" 16 shillings per week (48 hours) Milk Messenger. Had left the firm in 1925 but returned in 1926 as was "unable to find other employment"
5533/2/26Link opens in a new window 1927 17 Male The Carse of Gowrie Dairy Co. Ltd. Dundee "Undersized" 18 shillings per week (45 hours) Job: washing bottles
5553/1926Link opens in a new window 1927 16 Male The Carse of Gowrie Dairy Co. Ltd. Dundee "Undersized" 14 shillings per week (47 hours) Job: washing bottles. "Much below average size but in good health"
5533/3/1926Link opens in a new window 1927 18 Male The Carse of Gowrie Dairy Co. Ltd. Dundee "Undersized" 17 shillings per week (45 hours) Job: washing bottles. "Undersized but in good health"
5642/22Link opens in a new window 1922 21 Female Miss M. Cameron Glasgow Road, Clydebank "Debility" 20 shillings per week General dairy work in retail shop
8429/22Link opens in a new window 1922 62 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Edinburgh "Delicate health and advanced age" 40 shillings per week (48 hours) Job: Delivery with light barrow
8409/22Link opens in a new window 1922 20 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Edinburgh "Deaf" 35 shillings per week (48 hours) Creamery work
8428/22Link opens in a new window 1922 60 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Edinburgh "Advanced age" 40 shillings per week (48 hours) Light lorry work
8427/22Link opens in a new window 1922 28 Female Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Edinburgh - 23 shillings & 6 pence per week (48 hours) Delivery with barrow and assist in shop
8426/22Link opens in a new window 1922 20 Female Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Edinburgh "Weak minded" 16 shillings per week (48 hours) Delivery with barrow and assist in shop
2287/24Link opens in a new window 1925 32 Female Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. West Bryson, Edinburgh "Slightly mentally deficient" 23 shillings & 6 pence per week (48 hours) Messenger
2288/24Link opens in a new window 1925 22 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. West Bryson, Edinburgh "Deafness" 35 shillings per week (48 hours) Creamery work
Not statedLink opens in a new window 1925 64 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. West Bryson, Edinburgh "Age" 35 shillings per week (48 hours) Roundsman
3848/25Link opens in a new window 1926 16 Male The Carse of Gowrie Dairy Co. Ltd. 68, Ward Road, Dundee "Diminutive stature" 14 shillings per week (48 hours) Job: Assisting vanmen in delivery of milk. "Fully 8 inches below normal". "The outdoor light work would give him a chance to grow"
2289/24Link opens in a new window 1926 65 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Age" 35 shillings per week (48 hours) Roundsman. "Subject to fits and is occasionally off work for fairly lengthy periods". Employer "does not desire to dispense with the man's services" but would like to be able to reduce worker's current wage of 40/- "in the event of the man's condition becoming worse"
2288/24Link opens in a new window 1926 23 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Deafness" 35 shillings per week (48 hours) Creamery work. "Deaf or nearly so", "very difficult to understand what he says"
3069/26Link opens in a new window 1927 67 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Age" 35 shillings per week (48 hours) Roundsman. "Subject to fits and is occasionally off work for fairly lengthy periods". Employer "does not desire to dispense with the man's services" but would like to be able to reduce worker's current wage of 40/- "in the event of the man's condition becoming worse"
3070/26Link opens in a new window 1927 24 Male Edinburgh & Dumfriesshire Dairy Co. Ltd. West Bryson Road, Edinburgh "Deafness" 35 shillings per week (48 hours) Creamery work.
3848/25Link opens in a new window 1927 17 Male The Carse of Gowrie Dairy Co. Ltd. 68, Ward Road, Dundee "Under-sized" 14 shillings per week (46 hours) Job: Assisting vanmen in delivery of milk. "Fully 8 inches below normal". "The out-door light work would give him a chance to grow"