Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Health the number of registered blind persons for each of the counties in Wales and the number able to read Welsh Braille; and what provisions are being made for those who are Welsh speaking to receive literary material.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe information is as follows:
BLIND PERSONS—WALES, 31ST DECEMBER, 1954 Counties Number Registered Number able to read Welsh Braille Anglesey 157 1 Breconshire 176 — Caernarvonshire 426 3 Cardiganshire 223 2 Carmarthenshire 597 1 Denbighshire 450 6 Flintshire 318 2 Glamorgan: Admin. County 1,730 18 Cardiff C.B. 590 — Merthyr C.B. 338 — Swansea C.B. 395 10 Merioneth 106 6 Monmouthshire: Admin. County 768 — Newport C.B. 221 — Montgomeryshire 109 1 Pembrokeshire 360 6 Radnorshire 56 — 7,020 56 Under arrangements made by the Welsh Local Authorities, the library services of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, the National Library for the Blind, and (in the case of the North Wales' counties) the North Wales Society for the Blind, are available to Welsh blind readers of Braille and Moon.