This index is a summary of key information relating to permits of exemption issued to workers who came within the scope of the Tailoring 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
T380Link opens in a new window	1915	27	Male	M. Milekosky	18 North Place. Buxton Street, London, E	"General debility (physical and nervous)"	20 shillings (54 hours)	"…applicant looked weak and undersized and has a bad impediment of speech…"
T2581Link opens in a new window	1915	26	Female	Lybro Ltd.	36, Thomas Street, Liverpool	"Old Tuberculosis of spine"	8 shillings (50 hours)	"…is a cripple and suffers from a spinal complaint…"
T654Link opens in a new window	1915	22	Female	Mrs. E. Dilkes	184, Burdett Road, London, E	"Spinal curvature"	12 shillings & 6 pence (53 hours)	"…the girl is a hunchback but is otherwise healthy and looks intelligent…" "... Her infirmity does not appear to impair her efficiency but she is clearly slow..." "... She prefers her present employment to employment in a factory, as she "does not have to work hard" and "is comfortable here. ..."
T455Link opens in a new window	1915	20	Male	N. Kobrin & Co.	123, Cannon Street Road, London, E	"Defective intelligence"	15 shillings (57 & 1/2 hours)	"…he is a Russian, apparently very dull, and could give no answer to questions put through an interpreter as to his age and residence…"
T947/14Link opens in a new window	1915	33	Female	S. Nelson	247, Green Street, Bethnal Green	"Deafness and dumbness"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…is so slow…" "…worker is reported to be obstinate and difficult to deal with and obviously abnormal…"
T2437Link opens in a new window	1915	60	Male	H. Loobliner	74, Cannon Street Road, London, E	"Old age; mild bronchitis and double rupture"	3 shillings per day (10 & 1/2 hours)	"…appeared to be older than is stated…" "…came from Russian Poland in March 1914 and is unable to speak English …" "…He has also double rupture which necessitates his wearing a double truss…"
T257Link opens in a new window	1915	27	Male	J. & E. Lichtenstein Ltd.	23, High Street, Manchester	"Curvature of the spine"	4 shillings per day (10 hours)	"... worker ... is very anxious to remain a time worker and not to be put on piece-work ...". Employer: "this man's employment was more an act of kindness that of any possible benefit that might accrue to us."
T982Link opens in a new window	1915	62	Female	N. Stein & Sons	61, Newington Green, London, N	"Age"	8 shillings & 6 pence (43 hours)	"…deformed and apparently weakly, and to appear older than 62…"
T464Link opens in a new window	1915	60	Female	W. Tucker & Co. Ltd.	13, Southgate Street, Bath	"Age"	9 shillings (52 & 1/2 hours)	"…worker appears to be much older than she really is…"
T371Link opens in a new window	1915	34	Male	S. Dunn, Esq.	42, Great Dover Street, Southwark, SE	"Humped back"	20 shillings (55 hours)	"…not strong enough to use iron…"
T880Link opens in a new window	1915	30	Female	Hound Brand Works	Stroud, Gloucestershire	"Chronic state of poor health"	10 shillings (50 hours)	-
T936Link opens in a new window	1915	34	Male	Thorneloe & Clarkson	Northampton St., Leicester	"Physical deficiency and Dullness"	18 shillings (52 hours)	"… physically he is considerably below the average, also mentally is somewhat dull, and he has been subject to fits…". Went to Desford Industrial School, was employed by the firm for some years, left to go "on the streets of Leicester selling newspapers" and was then re-employed by the firm "owing to shortage of labour (through enlistment and other causes)"
T2229Link opens in a new window	1915	51	Male	Mr. J. Wentworth	25, King St., Dudley	"Chronic bronchitis"	16 shillings (50 hours) dinner and tea	"…looks weak and has very uncertain health…" "…he is not a young man or strong…he cannot read or write…". Father in law of the employer.
T860Link opens in a new window	1915	24	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud, Gloucestershire	"Epilepsy"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…appeared strange in manner and to lack method in handling garments…"
T3591Link opens in a new window	1915	45	Female	A. Heap & Co. Ltd.	The Barony, Nantwich	"Astigmatism and hypermetropia"	8 shillings (48 hours)	"... infirm and suffering from nervous debility and she is employed by us from a charitable point of view, owing to long tenure of service ..." "... the worker could barely keep pace with the learner..." "... the worker who refused to be put on piece rates said she was well satisfied with her present rate ..."
T380Link opens in a new window	1915	48	Female	C. Williams & Co.	67, Canal Road, London, E	"Chronic rheumatic arthritis"	7 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…her hands are badly deformed…"
T1634ALink opens in a new window	1915	23	Female	M. Bertish & Co.	Milk St., Bristol	"Cripplement of hip and disease of bone in foot"	11 shillings (50 hours)	"…worker's infirmity caused her "considerable pain during most of the time she was working…Her appearance was suggestive of suffering and of delicate health…""
T492Link opens in a new window	1915	71	Female	H. Graham & Co., formerly J. & A. Josephs	11/13 B. Block, Aldgate East Chambers, London, E	"Age"	12 shillings (57 & 1/2 hours)	"…slower in her movements than a younger worker…" "... she has done tailoring all her life..."
T19Link opens in a new window	1915	19	Female	M. Etelman	23, Pembroke Place, Liverpool	"Deafness and dumbness"	1 shilling & 9 pence per day (9 & 1/2 hours)	"…worker appears rather dull…"
T1475Link opens in a new window	1915	63	Male	W. J. Harding & Co.	1 Broad Quay, Bristol	"Age; poor sight; general weakness"	20 shillings (50 hours) and 6 pence an hour overtime	"…is suffering from Presbyopia…"
T1640/12Link opens in a new window	1915	22	Male	Beaty Bros. Ltd.	1 Dale Street, Manchester	"Loss of one leg"	23 shillings (52 hours)	-
T379/14Link opens in a new window	1915	50	Female	C. Williams & Co.	67 Canal Road, London, E	"Rheumatism of hands"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…Her hands are badly deformed. She was very much afraid of losing her work and disinclined to ask for a higher rate of wages, but the manager expressed his willingness to pay her 10s a week instead of 9s. …"
T2828Link opens in a new window	1915	19	Female	Alfred Parris	2, Albert Place, Peterborough	"Delicate, small, (too) unintelligent"	6 shillings (56 hours)	"…is very unintelligent, she had a misfortune of illness in her childhood, she is 19 years of age and she is only 3 ft. 9 ins. high..."
T2852Link opens in a new window	1915	18	Male	A. Ososki	34, Lambeth Street, Sheffield	"No use in hands"	-	"…is a deaf mute…"
T2288Link opens in a new window	1915	23	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Hunchback"	22 shillings (55 & 1/2 hours)	"…curvature of spine…" "... appears to be strong and asserts that he does as much work as any man in the room. Stated that he was unwilling to work for less than minimum ..."
T2944Link opens in a new window	1915	18	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Brain not fully developed"	6 shillings (55 hours)	"…mentally deficient…" "…very slow mentally, and stammers badly, but understands fully and answers clearly…" "... He works with a batch of boys of 14 and is rather a "butt" ..."
T2287Link opens in a new window	1915	19	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Lameness through rheumatic fever"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…deformity of the right leg (club foot and slipes equizo varus [talipes equinovarus]) and contracted tendons of calf muscles which he says followed rheumatic fever (?) in childhood…"
T2017Link opens in a new window	1915	20	Male	B. Belovitz	115, Park Road, Newcastle on Tyne	"Spinal complaint of dorsal region"	12 shillings & 6 pence (54 & 1/2 hours)	"... an inmate of the Boys' Refuge ..."
T2581Link opens in a new window	1915	26	Female	Lybro Ltd.	36, Thomas Street, Liverpool	"Old Tuberculosis of spine"	8 shillings (50 hours)	"…a cripple and suffered from spinal complaint…"
T19/947Link opens in a new window	1915	33	Female	Mrs. H. E. Stoton	213, Globe Road, London, E	"Deaf and dumb"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…obstinate and difficult to deal with and obviously abnormal…"
T1975Link opens in a new window	1915	26	Male	Hyman Ecker	71, St. George's Street, Norwich	"Deafness, dumbness, poor physical development and bad health"	3 & 1/2 pence per hour	"…he appeared deficient mentally and peculiar in temper…" "…deaf and dumb since birth…" "…after...had received injuries to his head in a tram accident resulting in the loss of sight in one eye the employer complained that he seemed no longer mentally bright…" Father in favour of a permit.
T860Link opens in a new window	1915	24	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud, Gloucestershire	"Epilepsy"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…worker appeared strange in manner and to lack method in handling garments…"
T2287Link opens in a new window	1915	19	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Lameness through rheumatic fever"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…deformity of the right leg (club foot and slipes equizo varus) and contracted tendons of calf muscles which he says followed rheumatic fever (?) in childhood…" "…he was delicate looking and that his leg is very badly deformed, bent stiffly at knee, with boot about 8 inches sole..."
T320Link opens in a new window	1915	68	Male	Chas. Cutna	27, Bath Road, Totterdown, Bristol	"Rheumatic Gout and old age"	22 shillings & 6 pence (52 hours)	"... obviously infirm and quite satisfied with the wages proposed to be paid ..."
T2436Link opens in a new window	1915	22	Male	Murdoch, Thompson & Co.	5 St. John's Road, Huddersfield	"Mental dullness, result of severe meningitis and removal of adenoids"	13 shillings (57 hours)	"... The lad is willing but he does not appear to be able to take anything in that is not absolutely a plain straightforward job." "…worker suffered during his childhood from Meningitis, which had left his intellectual powers below the usual standard…"
T3627Link opens in a new window	1915	29	Female	W. Mumby & Co.	Newark	"Mental deficiency and myopia"	8 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…slow and very deficient mentally…"
T3632Link opens in a new window	1915	24	Female	W. Mumby & Co.	Newark	"Mental deficiency"	8 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…slow and very deficient mentally…"
T3767Link opens in a new window	1915	20	Female	L. Fox & Co.	Cross Mill Street Clothing Works, Marsh Lane, Leeds	"Physically deformed, hump backed"	9 shillings (50 hours)	"… owing to bad health and physique (being a hunchback and not much over 3 feet tall) preferred to remain at her present work …" Had been employed by the firm for 3 years
T2898Link opens in a new window	1915	19	Female	Alfred Parris	2, Albert Place, Peterborough	"delicate, small, (too) unintelligent"	6 shillings (56 hours)	-
T2852Link opens in a new window	1915	18	Male	A. Ososki	34, Lambeth Street, Sheffield	"No use in hands"	7 shillings & 6 pence per week	-
T1186Link opens in a new window	1915	16	Female	Morris Silver	481, Mile End Road, London, E	"Deaf & Dumb"	4 shillings (50 hours)	-
T2288Link opens in a new window	1915	23	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Hunchback"	22 shillings (55 & 1/2 hours)	-
T2944Link opens in a new window	1915	18	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Brain not fully developed"	6 shillings (55 hours)	-
T2287Link opens in a new window	1915	19	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Lameness through rheumatic fever"	11 shillings (50 hours)	-
T2017Link opens in a new window	1915	20	Male	B. Belovitz	115, Park Road, Newcastle on Tyne	"Spinal complaint of dorsal region"	12 shillings & 6 pence (54 & 1/2 hours)	-
T2581Link opens in a new window	1915	26	Female	Lybro Ltd.	36, Thomas Street, Liverpool	"Old Tuberculosis of spine"	-	-
T19/947Link opens in a new window	1915	33	Female	Mrs. H. E. Stoton	213, Globe Road, London, E	"Deaf and dumb"	10 shillings (50 hours)	-
T2051aLink opens in a new window	1916	28	Female	S. Jacobs & Co. Ltd.	48, Middlesex Street, London, E	"Anaemia and general debility"	13 shillings (54 hours)	"…worker is clearly slightly mentally deficient …" "…she is slow in understanding and difficult to deal with…" "... left School in Standard 3..." "...seemed to be exceedingly anxious to remain at Jacobs' on any terms..."
T2287/15Link opens in a new window	1916	20	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Grace Street, Leeds	"Lameness caused through rheumatic fever"	13 shillings (50 hours)	"…worker is very delicate and undersized. His leg is badly deformed, is bent stiffly at the knee and necessitates the wearing of a boot with an eight inch sole…"
T379/14Link opens in a new window	1916	52	Female	C. Williams & Co.	Burdett Road, London, E	"Chronic rheumatism"	12 shillings (50 hours)	-
T1045aLink opens in a new window	1916	-	-	-	-	-	-	Application withdrawn as worker left firm
T652aLink opens in a new window	1916	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T1606/14Link opens in a new window	1916	-	Male	Grainger & Smith Ltd.	Dudley	"Tubercular disease of the spine"	-	-
T2939aLink opens in a new window	1916	42	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud, Gloucestershire	"General physical weakness"	11 shillings (50 hours)	"…she suffers from weakness as result of rheumatic fever and has often to stop and rest…"
T3206aLink opens in a new window	1916	53	Female	Fraser & Co.	Argyle Place, London, SW	"Affection of nerves"	14 shillings (50 hours)	"…this woman received a severe shock when her husband, who was a soldier and is now pensioned, was sent to a lunatic asylum during the present war…"
T3205aLink opens in a new window	1916	40	Female	Fraser & Co.	Argyle Place, London, SW	"Affection of eye"	14 shillings (50 hours)	"…this woman had an operation on her eye in July 1914… she is unable to see to do her work quickly…"
T3767/13Link opens in a new window	1916	22	Female	L. Fox & Co.	Cross Mill Street Clothing Works, Leeds	"Hunchback (not 4 ft in height)"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…while she was working she always complained about having to bend over her work and was obliged to stand up at intervals to rest her side…"
T2196aLink opens in a new window	1916	54	Female	Mr. T. Godier	52, Moss Street, London, E	"Failing eyesight and heart trouble"	9 shillings & 6 pence (49 & 1/2 hours)	-
T649aLink opens in a new window	1916	20	Male	Mr. F. A. Woor	128, Chesterton Road, Cambridge	"Deaf, dumb and crippled"	2 & 3/4 pence per hour	"…the lad has certain defects besides those that are physical, that he is kept on at the cost of considerable anxiety to the employer and at the request of a person acting for a Society for Deaf Mutes at Cambridge …"
T2581/14Link opens in a new window	1916	28	Female	Lybro Ltd.	Cable Street, Liverpool	"Old tuberculosis of spine"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…a very small weakly hunchback…"
T683aLink opens in a new window	1916	17	Female	Sansom & Bromley	42, George Street, Plymouth	"Deaf and Dumb"	4 shillings (50 hours)	"... The firm forwarded a letter from the worker's mother stating that she was quite content with the wages paid provided her daughter thoroughly learned the trade ..."
T2898/15Link opens in a new window	1916	20	Female	Mr. A. Parris	2, Albert Place, Peterborough	"Delicate and small (3 ' 9")"	7 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours)	"…she works very slowly and is not at all quick at learning…"
T947/14Link opens in a new window	1916	35	Female	Mrs. S. J. Stoton	213, Globe Road, London, E	"Deaf and Dumb"	12 shillings & 9 pence (48 hours)	-
T3319aLink opens in a new window	1916	19	Male	The Ideal Clothiers	Woodford, Thrapston, Northamptonshire	"Heart disease"	12 shillings (48 hours)	"…worker wrote stating that he had been suffering from kidney complaint for the past 7 years…" "…The Medical Certificate ... referred to the worker's infirmity as heart disease…"
T3525aLink opens in a new window	1916	16	Female	Dickie, Parsons & Co.	Lawrence Hill, Bristol	"Deaf and Dumb"	3 shillings & 8 pence (50 hours)	Includes table showing wages paid to other "Deaf and Dumb workers" employed by the firm
T1080/12Link opens in a new window	1916	-	Female	Maurice Malinski	Lockinghill Lane, Stroud	"St. Vitus Dance"	9 shillings (50 hours)	"…it was ascertained that the worker was being paid at the rate of 11 shillings per week of 49 hours. Enquiry was made ... the worker was declared by the Doctor to be quite well and strong and fully recovered from her previous trouble…" "Recommended to cancel the permit..."
T2196aLink opens in a new window	1916	54	Female	Mr. T. Godier	52 Moss Street, Bethnal Green, E	"Failing sight and condition of heart"	9 shillings & 6 pence (49 & 1/2 hours)	"…This woman has lately suffered very much from bronchitis. She is very short-sighted and does the pressing work very slowly…"
T789aLink opens in a new window	1916	70	Male	Mr. S. Osterlenky	8 Clothier Street, Houndsditch, London, E	"Infirmity due to age"	4 pence per hour	-
T853Link opens in a new window	1916	64	Male	Mr. S. Osterlenky	8 Clothier Street, Houndsditch, London, E	"Infirmity due to age"	4 & 1/8 pence per hour	-
T790aLink opens in a new window	1916	61	Male	Mr. S. Osterlenky	8 Clothier Street, Houndsditch, London, E	"Infirmity due to age"	4 & 3/4 pence per hour	-
T2717aLink opens in a new window	1916	71	Female	S. Nyman & Co. (The Stepney Clothing Co.)	40-42, High Street, Stepney	"Very slow at the work"	10 shillings (54 hours)	"…is 71 and evidently works very slowly…"
T3591Link opens in a new window	1916	48	Female	A. Heap & Co. Ltd.	The Barony, Nantwich	"Astigmatism and hypermetropia"	9 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours)	"…the firm stated that the worker was infirm and suffered from nervous debility…"
T3587Link opens in a new window	1916	28	Female	A. Heap & Co. Ltd.	The Barony, Nantwich	"Persistant headache"	10 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours)	-
T2590Link opens in a new window	1916	19	Female	A. Heap & Co. Ltd.	The Barony, Nantwich	"Hypermetropia and convergent strabismus"	10 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours)	"... Girl states that the firm tried to teach her button-holing but she was afraid of the machine and asked to be put back on her old work. ..."
T2581Link opens in a new window	1916	28	Female	Lybro Ltd.	Cable Street, Liverpool	"Old Tuberculosis of spine"	9 shillings (50 hours)	-
T3180aLink opens in a new window	1916	17 & 1/2	Female	Mr. Filer	8, St. James Road, Southsea	"Deaf and Dumb"	4 shillings & 3 pence (60 hours) with an advance to 5 shillings in January 1917	"Origin of application: On initiative of girl's father." "…She loses half a day per week besides leaving early quite often…"
T434Link opens in a new window	1916	49	Male	Weir & Son	27, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton	"Is very deaf…"	3 & 1/2 pence per hour (54 hours)	"…is very deaf. He is undersized, only weighs 5 stone 4 & 1/2 lbs, he is unable to straighten either arm fully at the elbow, his chest is misformed and his speech not quite intelligible…" "... He has been here about 16 years and evidently great trouble has been taken to teach him what he knows"
T1084aLink opens in a new window	1916	Between 58 and 65	Female	S. Nyman & Co. (The Stepney Clothing Co.)	40-42, High Street, Stepney	"Deafness & dumbness & old age"	10 shillings (54 & 1/2 hours)	"... an old woman who lives with the forewoman and is allowed to come and do a little work ... more out of charity than anything else. She is said to spoil work and she appears old and worried…"
T1045aLink opens in a new window	1916	48	Male	J. & E. Lichtenstein Ltd.	Gordon Street Works, Broughton, Manchester	"Bronchitis and cardiac weakness"	20 shillings (55 hours)	-
T679aLink opens in a new window	1916	62	Male	Mr. W. J. Gray	25, Beech Street, Barbican, EC	"Varicose veins and rheumatism"	20 shillings (50 hours)	"... The employer advertised for a girl ... but the applicant who was in reduced circumstances came and begged to be taken on. He has two fingers swollen and is unable to do a full man's work"
T431aLink opens in a new window	1916	49	Male	Mr. A. Crabtree	Hangingroyd, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire	"Very severe deafness"	24 shillings (52 hours)	"…suffering from severe deafness in both ears and is in consequence unable to do ordinary work…"
T432aLink opens in a new window	1916	22	Male	Mr. Alfred Carver	8, Oxford Hill, Norwich	"Potts curvature of Spine"	4 & 1/2 pence per hour (50 hours)	"…a young fellow who is deformed and quite a little chap…"
T649aLink opens in a new window	1916	20	Male	Mr. F. A. Woor	128, Chesterton Road, Cambridge	"Deaf and dumb and crippled"	11 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…is a deaf mute and formerly suffered from tuberculosis disease of the hip joint…" "... has been apprenticed to a vest maker ..." "... Both he and his mother are anxious for us to take him on, as he has been out of a job since before Xmas and has no prospect of getting one ..."
T652aLink opens in a new window	1916	19	Male	Mr. Richard Casson	249, Mere Road, Leicester	"Loss of left leg through hip joint disease"	10 shillings (52 & 1/2 hours)	"... I met him in the hospital here two years ago and 6 months later I saw him in the street doing nothing. He has undergone 18 operations with his leg and finally had to have it taken off…" "... out of kindness I asked him if he would care to come to me to learn to become a tailor which he gratefully accepted ..."
T358aLink opens in a new window	1916	24	Male	Mr. Clifford Neave	385, High Street, Lewisham, SE	"Deaf and Dumb"	25 shillings (54 hours)	"…is very dense and not strong…"
T2517Link opens in a new window	1916	56	Male	Mr. W. E. Legge	43, Station Road, Keyham, Devonport	"Deafness and Presbyopia"	12 shillings (50 hours)	"… infirm, suffers from bad sight and deafness …" "... a school care-taker and organ blower in chapel ..."
T823aLink opens in a new window	1916	22	Female	Miss E. Dorow	11, Christopher Street, Finsbury Square, EC	"is in a fit state of health to follow and occupation of a light nature"	3 pence per hour	"…worker looked delicate and was probably slow at her work…" "…this girl was absent from work, owing to ill-health, about a day and a half each week on the average …" "…was very slow and unintelligent at her work - she considered her to be sub-ordinary…"
T265aLink opens in a new window	1916	21	Female	Dickie, Parsons & Co.	Bristol	"Deaf and dumb"	5 shillings (50 hours) to be raised to 7 shillings & 3 pence in July 1916	"…she is extremely dull…"
T3685Link opens in a new window	1916	22	Female	H. Graham & Co.	1, Park Road, Burdett Road, London, E	"Adolescent myxoedema"	11 shillings (52 hours)	"…the girl is certainly not normal, though she does not appear to be mentally deficient. She is very languid and slow in her movements and appears to be without much vitality ..."
T2505Link opens in a new window	1916	65	Male	Mr. A. Stitchen	Commercial Street, London, E	"Old age"	21 shillings (55 hours)	"… The worker knows little or no English and cannot write …" "... the number of hours worked per week vary with the time of commencement of the Jewish Sabbath..." "... The applicant has been dismissed owing to slackness of work but the employer undertakes to employ him again as soon as business improves ..."
T1471Link opens in a new window	1916	24	Female	John Hammond & Co. Ltd.	Store Street, Manchester	"Malformation of right hand (from birth) she has no fingers or thumb"	12 shillings (50 hours)	-
T371Link opens in a new window	1916	35	Male	Mr. J. Dunn	42, Great Dover Street, London, SE	"Hump back"	4 pence per hour	"... If the Trade Board refuses to grant on this basis the worker will have to be dismissed and a woman employed in his place ..."
T1630aLink opens in a new window	1916	72	Male	"Your Valet" (Birmingham) Ltd.	8, Colonnade Passage, New Street, Birmingham	"Old age"	10 shillings (45 hours)	"…about 4 years age he had a stroke and has not been able to do much since …" "…His eyesight is bad and he can only work slowly…"
T2111aLink opens in a new window	1916	37	Male	A. H. Mills & Co.	9, Grace Street, Leeds	"Deaf & dumb"	3 shillings & 6 pence per day (9 hours)	"…The worker is deaf and dumb and of poor physique…"
T1854aLink opens in a new window	1916	20	Male	Mr. Reuben Levy	264, Commercial Road, Portsmouth	"Paralysed leg"	2 shillings & 6 pence per day while learning	Extract from letter from his mother: "…a cripple having lost the use of his left leg in early childhood, he now walks in leg-irons and high boot…" "…he had a breakdown in health last winter but is now quite restored in bodily health ..."
T1990aLink opens in a new window	1916	18	Female	H. Taylor & Co.	Miller Street, Manchester	"Of small statute only standing 3ft 10 ins. high, has double jointed limbs"	10 shillings (52 hours)	"…She is seriously deformed, is partly paralysed and has the appearance of a dwarf…"
T2192aLink opens in a new window	1916	63	Female	Mr. F. Berger trading as The Newington Clothing Co.	Newington Green, London, N	"On account of her age"	11 shillings (48 & 1/2 hours)	"…is in good health but her working capacity is impaired through age…"
T683a (1)Link opens in a new window	1916	20	Female	Sansom & Bromley	42, George Street, Plymouth	"Deaf and dumb"	8 shillings (50 hours)	"... is to be employed here as an apprentice and to be thoroughly taught ..."
T683a (2)Link opens in a new window	1916	16	Female	Sansom & Bromley	42, George Street, Plymouth	"Deaf and dumb"	2 shillings (50 hours) increasing to 3 shillings in April 1917	"... I tried to get a better offer but the employer immediately began to threaten dismissal ...". Includes extract from mother's letter
T2054aLink opens in a new window	1916	57	Female	The Syleham Clothing & Manufacturing Co.	Syleham, Scole	"General debility and weak eyesight"	10 shillings (50 hours)	-
T3627Link opens in a new window	1916	30	Female	Mumby & Son Ltd.	Newark	Not stated	9 shillings (50 hours)	"... the Manager stated that the out-put of this worker was about one-third to half of that of other workers on similar work ..."
T1975Link opens in a new window	1916	26	Male	Mr. Hyman Ecker	St. George Street, Norwich	"Deaf and dumb, poor physical development and bad health"	4 pence per hour	"…he had received injury to his head in a tram accident resulting in the loss of the sight of one eye…" "... The worker's sister stated that her brother has better in health and seemed more contented since he had worked for the present employer and the Permit in this case appears really to have been beneficial ..."
T2852Link opens in a new window	1916	20	Male	Mr. A. Ososki	34, Lambert Street, Sheffield	"Paralysed - hands very weak"	8 shillings & 6 pence (52 & 1/2 hours)	"…partially disabled owing to his inability to rotate his right forearm…" "…worker was very deaf, thin and undersized and that his right hand was partially paralysed…"
T860Link opens in a new window	1916	25	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud, Gloucestershire	"Epilepsy"	11 shillings (50 hours)	"…the worker was away ill and …appears from the correspondence to have had several periods of breaks of employment through illness arising from the infirmity…"
T2175/12Link opens in a new window	1917	20	Female	Dickie, Parsons & Co.	Lawrence Hill, Bristol	"Mute"	3 & 1/2 pence per hour	"…although deaf, was only partly dumb…"
T265aLink opens in a new window	1917	22	Female	Dickie, Parsons & Co.	Lawrence Hill, Bristol	"Mute"	9 shillings (50 hours)	"…the worker was extremely dull…"
T1178bLink opens in a new window	1917	64	Male	Mr. Arthur T. Parkin	Courteney Street, Newton Abbott	"Age"	25 shillings (50 hours)	"…he is a chronically slow worker although his health is excellent and he is perfectly normal mentally…" "…appears to be sub-ordinary in speed only and appears to be excellent at teaching the young girls the trade…"
T1721bLink opens in a new window	1917	18	Male	Mr. John Chudley	20/21, Sidwell Street, Exeter	"Tuberculosis disease of the knee joint"	4 shillings & 2 pence a week 1st year; 6 shillings & 3 pence 2nd year; 8 shillings & 4 pence 3rd year	"…although the boy is 18 years of age, he looks like a youth of 15 years…" "…he cannot carry his own irons. He walks with two sticks, looks very pale and frail…" "…states that his leg does not pain him much but his hours are erratic owing to general health..." "... previously employed on his father's farm. The employer stated that he had taken the boy as an apprentice at the repeated requests of the boy's father."
T2281bLink opens in a new window	1917	22	Male	Waistell & Co.	69/73, Lime Street, Hull	"Infantile paralysis affecting right leg"	20 shillings (44 hours) and 5 & 1/2 pence an hour for any additional duties	"…the boy is a cripple with right leg paralysed, walks with a stick, appears healthy and fit…" "... apprenticed to us by a Charity in the City ..."
T2232bLink opens in a new window	1917	17	Male	Hipps Ltd.	28, Grace Street, Leeds	"Imbecile and suffers form paralysis in the hands"	8 shillings (49 hours)	"…the applicant is quite imbecile, cannot read or write and can hardly talk…"
T2743bLink opens in a new window	1917	69	Male	Mr. Andrew McNeil	51 Church Street, Preston	"Deaf and almost blind - bodily worn out"	3 shillings & 6 pence per day	"…Age 69, very infirm…"
T2256bLink opens in a new window	1917	72	Male	Hawken & Sons	Truro	"Age and infirmity"	5 & 1/2 pence per hour (50 hours)	"…applicant is in the habit of "pottering about" as he pleases…"
T2257bLink opens in a new window	1917	19	Male	Hawken & Sons	Truro	"Deaf and dumb"	6 shillings (50 hours)	"…slow in understanding what is required of him in his work…" "…his infirmity has quite obviously affected his general intelligence…"
T2651bLink opens in a new window	1917	67	Female	Mr. M. Cohen	11 Devonshire Street, Bloomsbury, WC	"Age"	3 & 1/2 pence per hour	"…quite feeble and has very poor eyesight…"
T2154bLink opens in a new window	1917	65	Female	Chas. Willis & Sons Ltd.	Easton Road, Bristol	"Age and rheumatism"	12 shillings plus 1 shilling War bonus (47 hours)	"... I am a widow, 64 years of age and I am entirely depending on my own earnings ...". Employer "promised to keep her regularly occupied ... and will find odd jobs for her to do when the other work is short ... " "….is very feeble, has worked all her life in a boot factory so that both her hands are deformed…"
T849b (1)Link opens in a new window	1917	33	Male	Albrecht & Albrecht Ltd.	Hudson Road, Leeds	"Gun shot wounds in upper right arm causing it to be partially paralysed"	6 pence per hour (27 hours)	Employed at request of Colonel Littlewood, 2nd Northern General Hospital, Beckett's Park, Leeds
T849b (2)Link opens in a new window	1917	20	Male	Albrecht & Albrecht Ltd.	Hudson Road, Leeds	"Gun shot wound - Upper left arm. Hand partly useless"	6 pence per hour (27 hours)	Employed at request of Colonel Littlewood, 2nd Northern General Hospital, Beckett's Park, Leeds
T1693bLink opens in a new window	1917	52	Male	M. Boland & Sons	Swinegate, Leeds	"Neuritis"	6 pence per hour (51 hours)	"…is suffering from Nerve Tremor following Neuritis and Chorea…" "…had a serious breakdown in health; looked very delicate and weak; was partially paralysed and suffers from constant muscular tremors…"
T1538bLink opens in a new window	1917	20	Female	Tippetts Son & Co.	Eddystone Works, Plymouth	"Anaemia and debility"	13 shillings, 4 & 1/2 pence (45 & 3/4 hours)	"... she has the advantage of being credited for a good deal of work which has actually been laid up by her father under whose tuition she works..." "…she says she has always been delicate…"
T180bLink opens in a new window	1917	16 years 3 months	Male	Mr. William N. Watson	199 Union Street, Aberdeen	"Tubercular Disease of bo"	1st year - 4 shillings; 2nd year - 5 shillings; 3rd year - 6 shillings; 4th year - 7 shillings & 6 pence (56 hours)	"...Disarticulation of left leg at hip joint on account of Tubercular Disease of bone…" "… applicant has lost one of his legs through amputation necessitated by tubercle in the bone…"
T2267Link opens in a new window	1917	43	Male	D. Gurteen & Sons	Haverhill	"Physically incapable"	20 shillings (50 hours)	-
T2939aLink opens in a new window	1917	43	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	-	"General physical weakness"	12 shillings (50 hours)	"…not very strong bodily or mentally and cannot work up to the average…"
T1990aLink opens in a new window	1917	19	Female	H. Taylor & Co.	Miller Street, Manchester	"Double jointed & deformed - 4 feet high"	12 shillings (52 hours)	"…she is seriously deformed, is partly paralysed and has the appearance of a dwarf…"
T2054aLink opens in a new window	1917	59	Female	The Syleham Clothing & Manufacturing Co.	Scole	"Failing eyesight, rheumatics in hands and arms - general debility"	12 shillings (50 hours)	-
T3288aLink opens in a new window	1917	20	Female	James Thomson & Son	189, West George Street, Glasgow	"Epileptic fits of frequent recurrence"	12 shillings (50 hours)	"…suffers from occasional epileptic fits and looks very frail…" "... the girl while in ordinary health worked slowly but well and that when the fits occurred, the girl was encouraged to take as long a rest as she required ..."
T1388bLink opens in a new window	1917	17	Female	Dickie, Parsons & Co.	Lawrence Hill, Bristol	"Mutism"	7 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	-
T431aLink opens in a new window	1917	50	Male	Mr. A. Crabtree	Hangingroyd, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire	"Extreme deafness"	29 shillings (52 hours)	"…I find him to be almost stone deaf…"
T432aLink opens in a new window	1917	23	Male	Mr. A. Carver, Esq.	8, Oxford Hill, Norwich	"Suffers from Pott's curvature of the Spine"	4 & 3/4 pence per hour (50 hours)	"... applicant was most anxious that the permit should be issued at the old rate as he is very weak. He is treated kindly and given time off when he is unwell ..."
T2287/16Link opens in a new window	1917	21	Male	Jos. May & Sons	Whitehall Road, Leeds	"Right foot lame and left hip affected through rheumatism"	15 shillings and 2 shillings War bonus (50 hours)	Previously employed by Messrs. Hipps of Leeds. "…has diseased bones of leg…" "…His leg is partly deformed. His leg is bent stiffly at the knee which necessitates the wearing of the boot with an 6 inch sole…"
T2570/14Link opens in a new window	1917	71	Male	Mr. H. Loobliner	74, Cannon Street Road, London, E	"Old age, Bronchitis and Double Rupture"	3 shillings & 3 pence (10 & 1/2 hours)	"... If his present employer dismissed him he will probably not be able to go anywhere else as he can reach his present place because of its proximity to his home, and his daughter fetches and takes him away..." "…He is suffering from mild bronchitis and emphysema. He has a double rupture which necessitates his wearing a double truss…"
T860/13Link opens in a new window	1917	26	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud	"General physical weakness"	13 shillings (50 hours)	"…is suffering from Epilepsy…"
T1471/13Link opens in a new window	1917	25	Female	John Hammond & Co. Ltd.	Manchester	"Malformation of right hand from birth"	15 shillings including War bonus of 1 shilling (50 hours)	"…the firm state that the worker really has no right hand…"
T379/14Link opens in a new window	1917	53	Female	Chas. Williams & Co.	Leopold Works, Burdett Road, London, E	"Rheumatism in hands"	15 shillings (50 hours)	-
T2852/15Link opens in a new window	1917	21	Male	Ososki Bros.	Sheffield	"Infantile Paralysis"	12 shillings & 6 pence per week. Hours 8-6, Saturday 8-1	"…I find him to be partially disabled owing to his inability to rotate his right forearm…" "…the worker is very deaf, thin, undersized and his right hand partially paralysed…"
T265aLink opens in a new window	1917	23	Female	Dickie, Parsons & Co.	Lawrence Hill, Bristol	"Mutism"	12 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	-
T3627/13Link opens in a new window	1917	31	Female	W. Mumby & Co.	Osmondthorpe Works, Newark	"Mental deficiency and myopia"	10 shillings & 6 pence and a weekly grant of 2 shillings & 6 pence from Aid & Benevolent Fund (50 hours)	"…was slow and very deficient mentally…"
T3319aLink opens in a new window	1917	20	Male	The Ideal Clothiers, Ltd.	Woodford, Thrapston, Northamptonshire	"Chronic Valvular disease of Heart"	12 shillings plus 15 per cent. War Bonus (48 hours)	"…He suffers from heart disease and dropsy…" "…he had frequently to rest; was often absent from work…"
T371/15Link opens in a new window	1917	35	Male	Mr. Joseph Dunn	194, Great Dover Street, London, SE	"Hunch back"	22 shillings & 6 pence (59 hours)	"…the worker is not strong enough to use the iron…" "... He has been employed here 6 years and had previous experience in the trade."
T1388bLink opens in a new window	1917	17	Female	Dickie, Parsons & Co.	Lawrence Hill, Bristol	"Deaf and dumb"	4 shillings & 6 pence; 6 shillings; 9 shillings & 5 pence; and 12 shillings & 6 pence at the age of 18 (50 hours)	-
T1030Link opens in a new window	1917	-	Female	-		-	-	[Letter regarding a female worker]
Not statedLink opens in a new window	1917	17	-	-		-	4 shillings & 6 pence	[Letter claiming for arrears from employer]
T2808bLink opens in a new window	1917	24	Male	Mr Clifford Neave	383/5, High Street, Lewisham, SE	"Deaf and dumb"	30 shillings (52 & 1/2 hours)	"... was apprenticed by the After-Care Committee but was very badly taught on poor methods..." "…can understand lip movements and speak a little…" "…cannot be regarded as ordinary, did not appear very quick and loses time in obtaining instruction…"
T434Link opens in a new window	1917	50	Male	Weir & Son	27, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton	"Very deaf, undersized and unable to straighten arms at elbow"	16 shillings (50 hours)	"…is very deaf. He is undersized, only weighs 5 stone 4 & 1/2 lbs, he is unable to straighten either arm fully at the elbow, his chest is misformed and his speech not quite intelligible …" "…in addition to his pronounced physical defects, he has recently had several epileptic seizures..."
T683aLink opens in a new window	1917	17 years 3 months	Female	Sansom & Bromley	Plymouth	"Deaf and dumb"	2 shillings (50 hours) increasing to 3 shillings in April 1917	"... I saw the girl's mother who said that she and her daughter were quite ready to forego all arrears of wages provided that the employer now paid the minimum rates and did not dismiss the girl ..."
T280aLink opens in a new window	1917	54	Male	Willes & Co.	12, Old Town Street, Plymouth	"Deaf and dumb (old)"	25 shillings (44 hours)	"…applicant is old, nearly 60 years, deaf and dumb…"
T4092bLink opens in a new window	1917	59	Female	Mr. S. Vigon	72, Dean Street, London, W	"Delicate and nervous"	10 shillings (44 & 1/2 hours)	-
T3238bLink opens in a new window	1917	71	Female	Robert Clarke & Co.	Milk St., Bristol	"Old age"	4 pence per hour	-
T3899bLink opens in a new window	1917	23	Male	Miller, Rayner & Haysom Ltd.	35 & 56, Oxford Street, Southampton	"Deaf & dumb and under rather than over the average intelligence"	17 shilling & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…looks very delicate and is said to be "slow in the uptake"…"
T3983bLink opens in a new window	1917	22	Male	Wilkinson & Co.	16, St. James Rd, Portsmouth	"Epilepsy"	20 shillings (50 hours)	"…looks well and strong but suffers from fits. Is a confirmed epileptic and had until lately 2-3 fits or more a day. More recently, however, as a result of new treatment, he now has 3-4 fits per week…" "... The boy's father is a friend of the employer, who otherwise would have been diffident in accepting the responsibility imposed on him..."
T3903bLink opens in a new window	1917	18	Male	A. Marsh & Son	King Street, Sutton in Ashfield	"Marked wasting of gluteal and thigh muscles"	11 shillings (47 hours)	"…Hip joints feel as though they come out while walking and let him down…" "…he suffers from a diseased hip bone, can't sit with any comfort, prefers to stand…He can only go upstairs on hands and knees…"
T3666bLink opens in a new window	1917	32	Female	Mr. T. Binns	14, Woodhouse Square, Leeds	"Slight mental deficiency"	14 shillings (49 hours)	"…applicant answered clearly and well though very slowly. The employer stated that the worker's infirmity is really an inability to learn other work and that she is very nervous about machinery …"
T2878bLink opens in a new window	1917	Almost 17	Female	Smith & Walker	31 Horsemarket St., Warrington	"Deaf and dumb"	3 shillings (50 hours)	Copy letter about schooling, etc.Link opens in a new window included
T3660bLink opens in a new window	1917	70	Male	Harry Pinder, Esq.	10, Market Street, Halifax	"Chronic bronchitis and is partially incapacitated"	4 pence per hour	-
T3587/13Link opens in a new window	1917	29	Female	Harry Pinder, Esq.	10, Market Street, Halifax	"Rheumatism & persistent headache"	10 shillings & 6 pence with an additional 2 shillings & 6 pence War Bonus (48 hours)	-
T3591/13Link opens in a new window	1917	49	Female	Harry Pinder, Esq.	10, Market Street, Halifax	"Astigmatism and hypermitropia"	9 shillings & 6 pence and additional War Bonus of 2 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours)	-
T3590/13Link opens in a new window	1917	20	Female	Harry Pinder, Esq.	10, Market Street, Halifax	"Hypermetropia and convergent strabismus"	10 shillings & 6 pence and additional Bonus of 2 shillings & 6 pence (48 hours)	"... The girl states that the firm tried to teach her button-holing but she was afraid of the machine and asked to be put back on her old work."
T3288aLink opens in a new window	1917	20	Female	James Thomson & Son	189, West George Street, Glasgow	"Occasional epileptic fits"	11 shillings (50 hours)	"…The girl is subject to frequent epileptic fits and looks very frail…in certain weeks these fits were of daily occurrence"
T2693aLink opens in a new window	1917	17	Female	J. Powell & Sons	48, Wheelock St., Middlewich	"Contracted left elbow and wrist due to burns in childhood"	6 shillings & 9 pence (50 hours)	-
T62bLink opens in a new window	1917	18	Male	John Hutton & Sons	36, Mosley Street, Newcastle on Tyne	"Spinal curvature"	7 shillings & 6 pence (46 & 1/2 hours)	Includes conflicting statements about employer about his ability. "... They took the worker into their employment originally to oblige a supporter of the Cripples' Home and as a charity ..."
T4291/15Link opens in a new window	1917	23	Male	Lancaster & Co. (1900) Ltd.	Victoria Factory, Plymouth	"Chronic disease"	20 shillings (47 hours)	"…Unfit, chest under standard, unlikely to develop…" "…He was a delicate lad and had been rejected by the Army because of internal trouble and being under sized…" "…saw the worker who is obviously very delicate - exceedingly pale and ill-looking…" "…his first six months of employment would have ended on the 1st July but for 11 weeks' absence on account of sickness - influenza followed by nervous breakdown..." "...at present suffering from chronic disease
T1024bLink opens in a new window	1917	26	Male	Albrecht & Albrecht Ltd.	Hudson Road, Leeds	"Gunshot wounds in left arm"	5 pence per hour (27 hours)	"... In conjunction with the Colonel of the Hospital, we have arranged to employ the men in question with the idea that the work which they are doing will be conducive to a more speedy recovery ..."
T4bLink opens in a new window	1917	48	Male	Greenwood & Fielding Ltd.	Market St., Hebden Bridge	"Paralysis down left side"	16 shillings plus 2 shillings War bonus (52 hours)	"…Man had paralytic seizure 12 months ago and was in bed 6 months. He is now weak looking, though power to move arm and leg has returned…"
T2939aLink opens in a new window	1917	42	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud, Gloucestershire	"General physical weakness"	12 shillings (50 hours)	"…is not very strong bodily or mentally…""…suffered from weakness as a result of rheumatic fever and had often to stop to rest…"
T434Link opens in a new window	1917	50	Male	Mr. Weir	27, Snowhill, Wolverhampton	"Worker is very deaf, undersized, only weighs 5 stone 4 & 1/2 lbs and is unable to straighten either arm fully at the elbow - his chest is misformed and his speech not quite intelligible."	4 pence per hour	-
T1828cLink opens in a new window	1918	79	Male	G. H. Leavey & Co.	-	"Old age"	18 shillings per week	"…This man is 79 years of age and active for his years, he has some arterial degeneration…"
T3120aLink opens in a new window	1918	19	Female	C.C. Jenkins, Esq.	Portsmouth	"Deaf and dumb"	14 shillings (52 hours) Annual rise of 2 shillings & 6 pence	Previously employed by Mr Filer of Southsea
T2257bLink opens in a new window	1918	19	Male	Hawken & Sons	Truro	"Deaf and dumb"	6 shillings (50 hours)	"…his infirmity affected his general intelligence…" Discharged by the firm as "he became increasingly lazy and refused to apply himself properly. ... His mother admitted that at home he was a "great trouble"".
T1850cLink opens in a new window	1918	42	Female	J. Peck & Co. Ltd.	Liverpool	"Varicose veins and bronchitis"	4 pence per hour plus 2 pence per hour award (48 hours)	-
T3899cLink opens in a new window	1918	23	Male	Miller, Rayner & Haysom Ltd.	Southampton	"Deaf and dumb and under rather than over the average intelligence"	17 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…very delicate and was said to be "slow in the uptake"..." "...in the same shop ... there was another deaf and dumb worker who received over the Trade Board minimum rate..." "…was born deaf and dumb…when young had marked tendencies to consumption, and although since pronounced sound, he is still very delicate, and needs great care. His sight too is peculiar…" Includes extract from letter from father
T572cLink opens in a new window	1918	67	Female	McClymont Dewar & Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	"Old age"	19 shillings (50 hours)	"…very frail and infirm. Her eyesight is also bad…"
T871cLink opens in a new window	1918	16	Female	W. S. Hill, Esq.	Lincoln	"Chronic deafness"	8 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…she is not quite of the ordinary intelligence…"
T1039c (1)Link opens in a new window	1918	25	Male	Simpson Bros.	Penzance	"Epilepsy"	25 shillings (50 hours)	"…It appeared that the fits to which applicant was subject were of frequent occurrence, and that it was common for him to have three fits in one week…" "... he had to be removed from working in the general workshop ... as his fits frightened the girl workers ..."
T1039c (2)Link opens in a new window	1918	23	Male	Simpson Bros.	Penzance	"Ankylosis of hip joint and wasting of whole of left lower limb"	25 shillings (50 hours)	"…He does not use a crutch but walks along by picking up his crippled leg with his hand and moving it forward. When moving he is bent nearly double…It is physically impossible for him to be upright in carriage when either sitting or standing…"
T180cLink opens in a new window	1918	20	Female	Grainger & Smith Ltd.	Birmingham	"Unlike other girls physically and mentally"	13 shillings (50 hours)	"…She spoke thickly and indistinctly and looked far younger than her years…" "…The worker's sister who was seen stated that the applicant worked well but was not normal…"
T613cLink opens in a new window	1918	74	Male	D. Gurteen & Sons	Haverhill	"Old age"	25 shillings (44 hours)	-
T612cLink opens in a new window	1918	47	Female	D. Gurteen & Sons	Haverhill	"Result of nervous breakdown"	15 shillings (44 hours)	-
T438cLink opens in a new window	1918	16	Male	Smith Sons & Co.	Dundee	"Amputation at mid-thigh through tubercular disease of the bone"	Two thirds of minimum rate applicable	"…condition is weak and he is handicapped in getting about on the other leg…" "... The reason for him being in our service is through the agency of a friend who stirred himself to do something for the boy and to oblige the friend we took him in to make what use of him we could ..."
T574cLink opens in a new window	1918	23	Female	E. R. Sugg, Esq.	London	"Rheumatism and debility"	14 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…She suffers from very severe rheumatism which keeps her at home unable to move for months at a time, so that her employment has been very broken…" Includes info from worker's mother
T410cLink opens in a new window	1918	20	Male	Buckley & Sons, Ltd.	Leeds	"Small and badly developed for his age"	16 shillings plus bonus of 6 shillings & 2 pence (49 & 1/2 hours)	"…suffers from severe physical defects…His general physical development is very bad - he is pigeon breasted with a displaced heart to the left - he is knock-kneed…"
T1327cLink opens in a new window	1918	62	Female	H. V. Betts, Esq.	Norwich	"Age"	16 shillings (51 hours)	"... She is a widow and used to assist her husband in part of his trade..."
T1056c (1)Link opens in a new window	1918	62	Female	L. Ecker & Son	Norwich	"Age"	3 & 1/2 pence per hour	"…seemed very slow…"
T1056c (2)Link opens in a new window	1918	61	Female	L. Ecker & Son	Norwich	"Age"	3 & 1/2 pence per hour	"…seemed very slow…"
T4128bLink opens in a new window	1918	50	Male	Henry North & Co.	Sutton-in-Ashfield	"Paraplegia"	26 shillings (50 hours)	"…is badly crippled in one hip. His hands are somewhat deformed and he works in a slow and uncertain way…"
T4124bLink opens in a new window	1918	20	Male	J. Snook & Co. Ltd.	Nottingham	"Curvature of the spine"	7 & 1/2 pence per hour	"…is a hunchback, very undersized, and had the appearance of great delicacy…" "…is suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Scoliosis…"
T2257Link opens in a new window	1918	45	Male	D. Gurteen & Sons	Haverhill	"Physical incapacity"	20 shillings (50 hours)	-
T2232bLink opens in a new window	1918	18	Male	Hipps Ltd.	Leeds	"Mentally deficient"	10 shillings and bonus (48 hours)	"…quite imbecile, he cannot read or write, and can hardly talk…"
T3666bLink opens in a new window	1918	32	Female	T. Binns, Esq.	Leeds	"Slightly mentally deficient"	14 shillings and 4 shillings bonus (49 hours)	-
T3767Link opens in a new window	1918	23	Female	L. Fox & Co.	Leeds	"Hunchback"	12 shillings (50 hours)	-
T1178bLink opens in a new window	1918	65	Male	Arthur T. Parkin, Esq.	Newton Abbott	"Age"	27 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…sub-ordinary in speed only and appears to be excellent at teaching the young girls the trade…"
T3993bLink opens in a new window	1918	36	Female	Botterill, Seanor & Co. Ltd.	Leeds	"Mental deficiency"	12 shillings & 6 pence (49 hours)	"…can neither read nor write and is unable to answer questions intelligently…" "...The applicant's Aunt was seen and stated that the sewing-on of tickets was the only thing that the applicant could do or had ever done beside running errands ..."
T4057bLink opens in a new window	1918	19	Male	H. E. & F. G. Ward	Stowmarket	"Kyphosis and Scoliosis"	5 shillings (50 hours) with a rise every 6 months if progress warrants it.	"… from Dr Barnado's Homes who has had 4 years at the trade in their home but who can do practically nothing of value at present. He is delicate and extremely slow at his work…"
T4124bLink opens in a new window	1918	20	Male	W. E. Gardner, Esq.	Nottingham	"Curvature of the spine"	17 shillings & 6 pence per week	"…suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Spinal curvature…" "…he is a hunch back and very undersized and looks pale and extremely delicate…"
T4134bLink opens in a new window	1918	49	Female	Lybro Ltd.	Liverpool	"Chronic Rheumatism"	12 shillings & 6 pence plus 1 pence in 1 shilling bonus and award of 1 pence per hour (50 hours)	"…is crippled with Rheumatism and has been recently for some time in an Asylum. She is employed by the firm because her husband when alive was a foreman …"
T100cLink opens in a new window	1918	58	Female	Lybro Ltd.	Liverpool	"Age and debility"	10 shillings plus 1 pence in 1 shilling and 1 pence per hour award (50 hours)	-
T4102bLink opens in a new window	1918	20	Female	D. Latter, Esq.	Glasgow	"Mental deficiency"	12 shillings (52 & 1/2 hours)	"…could not give a coherent account of her previous experience…" "…was said to be most erratic and troublesome…"
T180cLink opens in a new window	1918	20	Female	Grainger & Smith Ltd.	Birmingham	"Unlike other girls physically and mentally"	13 shillings (50 hours)	"…The girl speaks thickly and indistinctly and looks far younger than her years…"
T1142bLink opens in a new window	1918	43	Male	The West of England Clothing Co.	Taunton	"Mentally defective"	17 shillings & 6 pence (42 & 1/2 hours)	Includes letters from the employee complaining that the doctor had been coerced into finding some fault with him
Not statedLink opens in a new window	1918	26	Male	-		"Right leg amputated"	6 pence per hour	Includes letter from the employee complaining they have not been paid at the minimum wage rate
T1721dLink opens in a new window	1919	20	Male	J. Chudley, Esq.	Exeter	"Tuberculosis in knee"	14 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…he could not carry his own irons. He walked with 2 sticks…" "…worker is very delicate…he is very handicapped in this work by his infirmity…" "…The worker's infirmity has extended from his knee to his hip and abcesses have formed there which give him some trouble. he also suffers from gastritis..."
T2267/13Link opens in a new window	1919	46	Male	D. Gurteen & Sons	Haverhill	"Physical incapacity"	20 shillings (50 hours)	-
T391dLink opens in a new window	1919	74	Female	Mr. J. Balzer	London	"Old age"	8 shillings per week	"... She appeared to come and go when she liked and is in receipt of the Old Age Pension..."
T4128bLink opens in a new window	1919	51	Male	Henry North & Co.	Sutton-in-Ashfield	"Paraplegia"	26 shillings (50 hours)	"…have one man about 60 years of age, a cripple, who was delicate when a youth…" "…badly crippled in one hip. His hands were somewhat deformed and he worked in a slow and uncertain way…"
T4102bLink opens in a new window	1919	21	Female	Mr. D. Latter	Glasgow	"Mentally deficient"	16 shillings (48 hours)	"…could not give a coherent account of her previous experience…"
T1933cLink opens in a new window	1919	28	Male	R. W. Forsyth Ltd.	Glasgow	"Chronic bronchitis"	28 shillings (50 hours)	"…worker was a cripple and suffered from chest trouble which limited his capacity and speed…"
T68dLink opens in a new window	1919	44	Female	Walsh & Co, (Bristol) Ltd.	Bristol	"Anaemia"	3 & 1/4 pence per hour plus 8 shillings Award per week (48 hours)	-
T1327cLink opens in a new window	1919	62	Female	Mr. H. B. Betts	Norwich	"Age"	16 shillings (51 hours)	"... She is a widow and used to assist her husband in part of his trade ..." "... owing to a bad fall the applicant has been away from work since Christmas..." "…slow in her movements…"
T1039d (1)Link opens in a new window	1919	25	Male	Simpson Bros.	Penzance	"Epilepsy"	26 shillings (50 hours)	"…It appeared that the fits to which applicant was subject were of frequent occurrence, and that it was common for him to have three fits in one week…"
T1039d (2)Link opens in a new window	1919	23	Male	Simpson Bros.	Penzance	"Ankylosis of hip joint and wasting of whole of left lower limb"	26 shillings (50 hours)	"…He does not use a crutch but walks along by picking up his crippled leg with his hand and moving it forward. When moving he is bent nearly double…It is physically impossible for him to be upright in carriage when either sitting or standing…"
T4134bLink opens in a new window	1919	49	Female	Lybro Ltd.	Liverpool	"Chronic Rheumatism"	13 shillings & 6 pence plus 2 pence per hour Award (50 hours)	"…is crippled with Rheumatism and has been recently for some time in an Asylum…"
T860/13Link opens in a new window	1919	28	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud	"Epilepsy"	4 pence per hour plus 2 pence per hour award (50 hours)	-
T2939aLink opens in a new window	1919	45	Female	Holloway Bros. Ltd.	Stroud	"General debility"	3 & 3/4 pence per hour plus 2 pence per hour Award (50 hours)	"…is not very strong bodily or mentally…"
T410cLink opens in a new window	1919	21	Male	Buckley & Sons, Ltd.	Leeds	Not stated	6 & 3/4 pence per hour (49 & 1/2 hours)	-
T2174cLink opens in a new window	1919	81	Female	Mr. J. H. Turner	Hull	"Old age"	12 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"... This hand we employed years ago and on account of her age she cannot get employment elsewhere and she cannot exist on her pension ..."
T2039cLink opens in a new window	1919	21	Male	Herbert Rowe	Penzance	"Slow and undeveloped"	10 shillings (50 hours)	"…he resembles a boy of 14 in intelligence and in general appearance. The case appears to be one of arrested development, other members of the family being similarly afflicted..."
T2593cLink opens in a new window	1919	25	Female	Ford & Co.	Motherwell	"Malformation or arrested development of hands"	18 shillings (55 hours)	"…both hands of the worker's are badly deformed. It would be impossible for her to do any work which requires the full use of her fingers…"
T1850cLink opens in a new window	1919	42	Female	J. Peck & Co. Ltd.	Liverpool	"Varicose veins and bronchitis"	4 & 1/2 pence per hour plus 2 pence per hour Committee on Production Award (48 hours)	"…found her to be very slow. Most of her work is done sitting down on account of the varicose veins in her legs which pain her when standing..."
T612cLink opens in a new window	1919	47	Female	D. Gurteen & Sons	Haverhill	"Result of nervous breakdown"	15 shillings and 2 pence per hour Committee on Production Award.	Includes information about the work of the applicant
T1933cLink opens in a new window	1919	28	Male	R. W. Forsyth Ltd.	Glasgow	"Chronic Bronchitis"	28 shillings (50 hours)	"…worker was a cripple and suffered from chest trouble which limited his capacity and speed…"
T3903bLink opens in a new window	1919	19	Male	A. Marsh & Son	Sutton-in-Ashfield	"Marked wasting of gluteal and thigh muscles"	14 shillings per week	"…Hip joints feel as though they come out while walking and let him down…" "…he suffers from a diseased hip bone, can't sit with any comfort, prefers to stand…He can only go upstairs on hands and knees…"
T1471/13Link opens in a new window	1919	27	Female	John Hammond & Co. Ltd.	Manchester	"Malformation of right hand from birth"	14 shillings plus 2 shillings War Bonus plus 8 shillings & 4 pence Award (50 hours)	-
T3983bLink opens in a new window	1919	23	Male	Wilkinson & Co.	Portsmouth	"Epilepsy"	25 shillings (50 hours)	"…looks well and strong but suffers from fits. Is a confirmed epileptic and had until lately 2-3 fits or more a day. More recently, however, as a result of new treatment, he now has 3-4 fits per week…"
T3666bLink opens in a new window	1919	32	Female	Mr. F. Binns	Leeds	"Slight mental deficiency"	15 shillings and 4 shillings bonus (49 hours)	-
T3767Link opens in a new window	1919	23	Female	L. Fox & Co.	Leeds	"Hunchback"	13 shillings and 4 shillings & 6 pence Stoker Award and 1 & 1/2 pence per hour Committee on Production Award per week (50 hours)	-
T371/15Link opens in a new window	1919	39	Male	Mr. John Dunn	London	"Hunchback"	4 shillings & 6 pence per day (55 hours per week)	-
T2852/15Link opens in a new window	1919	22	Male	Mr. A. Ososki	Sheffield	"Partial Infantile Paralysis (right arm)"	16 shillings (50 hours)	"…find him to be partially disabled owing to his inability to rotate his right forearm…" "…worker is very deaf, thin, undersized and had his right hand partially paralysed…" "... We pay him 16s per week whether on 50 hours or if he makes one day as long as he shows himself for work each day when open ..."
T871cLink opens in a new window	1919	16	Female	W. S. Hill, Esq.	Lincoln	"Chronic deafness"	8 shillings & 6 pence (50 hours)	"…She is quite deaf and does not progress at the rate of an ordinary learner it being difficult to know whether she hears and understands. She is not of quite ordinary intelligence…"
T2054aLink opens in a new window	1919	60	Female	The Syleham Clothing & Manufacturing Co.	Scole	"Bad eyesight and General Debility"	13 shillings (50 hours)	"…Her eyesight is weak and she does not appear at all strong and is consequently slow at her work…"
IT3029Link opens in a new window	1915	17	Male	Parsons & Parsons	37, Wellington Place, Belfast	"Deaf mute"	6 shillings (55 hours) as from July 1915, rising by 1 shilling a week every six months	"…was somewhat slow in receiving instructions…"
IT2275Link opens in a new window	1915	65	Male	The Dublin Bespoke Clothing Co.	22, Wellington Quay, Dublin	"Exceptional slowness due to old age"	15 shillings (50 hours)	-
Not statedLink opens in a new window	1916	18	Male	Parsons & Parsons	37, Wellington Place, Belfast	"Deaf mutism"	8 shillings (55 hours)	"...from an Institution in the city. He started with us when he was 17 years old but has not been getting on very well and we asked the chaplain ... if he could find other employment for him..." "... Another deaf mute has now been apprenticed to the same firm and it appears that this acts as an encouragement to the other worker ..."
IT3854/15Link opens in a new window	1917	23	Male	Mr. R. Rosenberg	40, Clarendon Street, Dublin	"Deaf mute and very erratic in temper"	3 shillings & 4 pence per day (10 hours)	"…besides being a deaf-mute the youth is unintelligent as appeared from his answers to my questions and he is uncertain as to temper…"