Preventable blindness : an account of the disease known as ophthalmia of the new-born, and of its effects; with a plea for its suppression / by N. Bishop Harman.

  • Harman, N. Bishop (Nathaniel Bishop), 1869-
Date:
1907
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    CONCLUSION In conclusion, I would urge the necessity for speedy action in this matter. With the exten- sion of the Employers' Liability Acts, it will be increasingly difficult for the physically defective to obtain employment. Contracting out by employees is not permitted, and the risks of employers are proportionately increased when a workman suffers so grave a physical defect as that of blindness. The scope of useful and remunerative manual work for the blind of ordinary ability is not wide, and there is difficulty even now in meeting the need satisfactorily. With the risks of employers' liability pressing so heavily, the prospect of employment being found from philanthropic motives will steadily diminish, so that in some way or other the burden of the support of the blind will fall upon the State, either by the necessity for the provision of special workshops for them, or else by their drifting destitute and