[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'I'lie following table gives an analysis of the ages at which blindness or the onset of eye trouble occurred in respect oi‘ j)ersons t)n the register at the end of 1955: — Age Period Blind I’artially Sighted Males Females. 'Potal Male- Females Total Under 1 1.0 10 20 5 5 10 1 ♦ > 1 4 »> 1 1 t 1 1 3 1 3 4 ** 4 _ 1 5—10 9 3 12 1 5 0 11—15 5 1 0 —- 1 1 10 -20 4 • » O 7 — 21-^30 12 12 24 — — 31-39 IT S 25 — — — 40-19 10 18 :i4 —* 1 1 .all—59 20 27 47 — 1 1 00—04 14 19 *>•> « h > 1 — 1 05-09 13 15 28 *) 1 ») • > 70 and over ... :i4 .50 IK) 1 — 1 Pnknown 5 1 0 'totals ... lti3 184 317 11 15 20 During the year 55 jH'rsons were admitted to the register. Of these, tS wim'c ctM-tified as blind, including one transferred from the j)artiall>' sighted j)m'sons rt'gistcr, and 7 as i)artially sighted. One person was .also cxamiiual who w.as not considtu’ed certitiahle. Among ])ersons already on the register, (i were decertified, 5 from the Blind Bersons H(‘gistt‘r and 1 from the P.artially Sighted Persons Register. 'The age groups of those i‘tM’tifi(al during the year as blind or partially sighted were .as follows ; — 0-4 5-15 16-30 31-59 60-69 70-79 80^ Total Blind 1 — 6 6 17 18 1 48 Partially Sighted *2 — 4 1 — 1 — 7 'I'he causes to which blindness was attributed were as follows : — ('ataraet 12 (rlaueoma 5 Ketrolental Fibroplasia 1 Vascular diseases 5 Septicaemia 3 Dialx'tes 3 t*apilloedema 3 Syp'liyllis 2 Detached Retina 1 Local infection of ooaO of the eye 10 Carcinoma 1 Other causes 2