Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Table II - Analysis of Cause of Blindness of Persons Newly Registered during 1966:-
Cause | Male | Female | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Senile Macula Degeneration | 9 | 21 | 30 |
Cataract | 3 | 15 | 18 |
Disciform Degeneration of Macula | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Glaucoma | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Degeneration of Corneal Endothelium | - | 1 | 1 |
Retinal Detachment | 1 | - | 1 |
Myopia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Vitreous Opacities | - | 1 | 1 |
Retrolental Fibrophasia | 1 | - | 1 |
Central Artery Occlusion | - | 3 | 3 |
Optic Atrophy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Arteriosclerotic Retinopathy | - | 1 | 1 |
Diabetic Retinopathy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Fuch's Epi-endothelial Degeneration | 1 | - | 1 |
Albinotic Fundi | - | 2 | 2 |
TOTAL | 22 | 53 | 75 |
Table III - Summary of Occupations of Blind Persons at 31st December. 1966:-
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Children | |||
Aged under 2 years at home | 1 | - | 1 |
Aged 2-4 years (ineducable) at home | 1 | - | 1 |
Aged 5 - 15 years (educable) attending special schools | 1 | - | 1 |
Adults aged 16 years and upwards | |||
At school | 1 | — | 1 |
Employed in Sheltered Workshops | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Employed as Home Workers | - | 1 | 1 |
Employed in Open Employment | 38 | 28 | 66 |
Trainee for Sheltered Employment | - | - | - |
Trainee for Open Employment | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Trainee for Profession | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Unemployed but capable and available for work | - | - | - |
Trained for Sheltered Employment | - | - | - |
Trained for Open Employment | 1 | - | 1 |
Subject to training in Sheltered Employment | - | - | - |
Subject to training in Open Employment | - | - | - |
Without training in Sheltered Employment | - | - | - |
C/fwd. | 50 | 32 | 82 |