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Permits of exemption: Sack & Bag Trade Board

This index is a summary of key information relating to permits of exemption issued to workers who came within the scope of the Sack and Bag 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.

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
SB4476/22Link opens in a new window 1922 About 60 Female D. A. Jobson 10, Guthrie Street, Dundee "Old Age" 25 shillings (48 hours) -
SB5619/22Link opens in a new window 1922 22 Male The National Sack & Bag Co. 150/2, Burdett Rd, London E3 "Loss of toes from right foot" 30 shillings (47 hours) -
SB9186/22Link opens in a new window 1922 37 Male Mr. C. R. Millar Great Wilson St., Leeds "Spinal curvature, double club foot and deaf" 22 shillings (44 hours) -
SB9505/22Link opens in a new window 1922 29 Male H. & T. C. Godfrey Moulsham Street, Chelmsford "Mentally deficient" 8 & 1/2 pence per hour -
SB6098/26Link opens in a new window 1927 45 Female Quilliam Ltd. Victoria Works, Potters Lane, Wednesbury "Amputation of right leg" 5 & 1/2 pence per hour -
SB5619/1922Link opens in a new window 1923 23 Male The National Sack & Bag Co. Ltd. 152, Burdett Rd, London E3 "Amputated toes on right foot" 30 shillings (47 hours) -
SB9505/1922Link opens in a new window 1923 30 Male H. & T. C. Godfrey Rope Works, Moulsham St., Chelmsford Not stated 8 & 1/2 pence per hour -
SB9174/1922Link opens in a new window 1923 59 Male Mrs. E. Dufton 8, Fartown, Pudsey "Nervous debility and bad sight" 24 shillings (48 hours) -
SB9753/22Link opens in a new window 1923 About 66 Female Mr. J. Downey Feeder Rd., St Philips, Bristol "Old Age" 20 shillings (48 hours) -
SB2037/22Link opens in a new window 1922 71 Male Mr. J. M. Carter Basingstoke "Old Age" 25 shillings (50 hours) -
SB9186/22Link opens in a new window 1922 37 Male Mr. C. R. Millar 21a, Great Wilson St., Leeds "Spinal curvature, double club foot and deaf" 20 shillings (44 hours) Officer reports "The worker is crippled and quite deaf and has apparntly been so from birth…"
SB9174/1922Link opens in a new window 1922 59 Male Mrs. E. Dufton 8, Fartown, Pudsey "Nervous debility and bad sight" 14 shillings (48 hours) Officer reports "He suffers from cataract on the eyes and partial paralysis causing his hands to shake continually…"
SB9753/22Link opens in a new window 1922 66 Female Mr. J. Downey Feeder Rd., St Philips, Bristol "Age" 20 shillings (48 hours) -
SB9505/22Link opens in a new window 1922 29 Male H. & T. C. Godfrey Moulsham Street, Chelmsford "Not sufficiently intellectual" 8 & 1/2 pence per hour Officer reports "The worker could not understand intelligent questions….the worker is mentally deficient and is obviously sub-normal…"