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TABLE I - PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS (REGISTERED) FOR THE
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1968, SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION
BY AGE GROUPS OF THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED POPULATION
0-1
2-4
5-15
16-20
21-49
50-64
65 and
over
Total
Males
-
_
1
-
15
1
17
34
Females
-
-
-
2
6
11
81
100
TOTAL
-
-
1
2
21
12
98
134 (134)
TABLE II - PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS REGISTERED AS NEW CASES
0-1
2-4
5-15
16-20
21-49
50-64
65 and
over
Total
Males
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
Females
-
-
-
-
-
1
26
27
TOTAL
-
-
-
-
-
1
30
31 (39)
TABLE III - REMOVALS FROM REGISTER DURING THE YEAR
FOR REASONS SET OUT BELOW
(i) On admission to Blind Register
0-1
2-4
5-15
16-20
21-49
50-64
65 and
over
Total
Males
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
2
Females
-
-
-
-
1
1
10
12
TOTAL
-
-
-
-
2
2
10
14
(ii) No cases were decertified due to improved
visual acuity.
TABLE IV ANALYSIS OF CAUSES OF PARTIAL SIGHT OF PERSONS
NEWLY REGISTERED DURING 1968
Cause
Male
Female
Total
Macular Degeneration
2
4
6
Cataract
—
13
13
Conjunctivitis
—
1
1
Glaucoma
1
5
6
Myopia
-
1
1
Arteriosclerosis
1
1
2
Hypermetropia
_
1
1
Optic Atrophy
-
1
1
TOTALS
4
27
31