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Sutton 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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It will be appreciated that although the total number
of blind persons does not vary to any great extent from year to year,
there is nevertheless considerable fluctuation in the actual persons
included in these statistics. To illustrate this, details are given
of the number of persons whose names were for various reasons asded
to or removed from the Blind and Partially-Sighted registers.
Movement on Blind and Partially-Sighted Registers 'A' BLIND
| Total number of cases on register at 31st December 1966 | 347 | ||
| During the year there were | |||
| ADDITIONS As a result of ophthalmic examinations | 38 | 55 | |
| Persons moving into Borough | 15 | ||
| Partially-sighted found to be blind on re-examination | 2 | ||
| DEDUCTIONS Blind persons deceased | 41 | ||
| Blind persons removed from Borough | 11 | 52 | |
| Giving a net increase of | 3 | ||
| TOTAL number of cases on register 31st December, 1967 | 350 | ||
| 'B' PARTIALLY-SIGHTED | |||
| Total number of cases on the register at 31st December 1966 | |||
| During the year there were | |||
| ADDITIONS As a result of ophthalmic examinations | 17 | 25 | |
| Persons moving into Borough | 8 | ||
| DEDUCTIONS Partially-sighted deceased | 5 | ||
| P.S.removed from Borough | 3 | ||
| P.S.transferred to Blind Register (slight deterioration) | 2 | 10 | |
| Giving a net increase of | 15 | ||
| Total number of cases on register 31st December, 1967 | 80 | ||