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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kingston upon Thames 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Five-sixths of the registered blind are over the age of sixty. The age of onset of blindness is as follows:
| Age Period | Age at onset of Blindness | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Under 1 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 1 | - | - | - |
| 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | - | - | - |
| 4 | - | - | - |
| 5-10 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 11 - 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 - 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 - 29 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 30 - 39 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 40-49 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 50 - 59 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 60-64 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 65 - 69 | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| 70 - 79 | 20 | 53 | 73 |
| 80-84 | 7 | 33 | 40 |
| 85 - 89 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 90 and over | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Unknown | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Totals | 106 | 194 | 300 |