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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
Sutton 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Age Periods of Registered Blind and Partially-Sighted Persons
BLIND
| Years | 0-5 | 5-15 | 16-49 | 50-64 | 65 + | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | - | 2 | 18 | 39 | 83 | 128 |
| Female | - | 1 | 12 | 42 | 174 | 222 |
| Total at 31.12.67 | - | 3 | 30 | 81 | 257 | 350 |
| PARTIALLY-SIGHTED | ||||||
| Male | - | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| Female | - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 48 |
| Total at 31.12.67 | - | 9 | 18 | 11 | 42 | 80 |
47 of the 350 registered blind persons have other
defects, e.g. four have multiple defects in addition to that of blindness
(a combination of disabilities, i.e. physically handicapped and deaf),
20 are physically handicapped, 7 are mentally defective or mentally
disordered, 4 deaf with speech, 11 hard of hearing, and one deaf without
speech. Most of these doubly handicapped persons live at home;
they are always made the subject of special and frequent visitation
by the Social Welfare Officers for the blind.
Register of Blind and Partially-Sighted Persons
Notification of suspected blindness received in the course of the year for whom examination was arranged with consultant ophthalmologists, with the following results:
| Notification from: | TOTAL | Certified Blind | RESULT OF EXAMINATION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified Partially- Sighted | Found not blind or partially-sighted. | |||
| Ministry of Social Security | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Relatives, friends or individual enquiries | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Home teaching staff | 7 | 3 | 4 | - |
| General practitioners | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hospitals | 26 | 21 | 5 | - |
| Voluntary agencies | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 64 | 38 | 17 | 9 |
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