APPENDIX 12
(See paragraphs 53 to 57 and 59)
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED:
COMPARATIVE ANNUAL NET REGISTRATIONS IN RECENT
YEARS AND TOTALS ON REGISTER
Category
Total on register at 31 March
1962-63 | 1963-64 | 1964-65
Total on register at 31 March
1958
1965
Blind*
Deaf*
1,366
699 435 246
4,280
656
207
293 208
2,140
Mentally Defective* (Mainly of Medium
and severe grades)
80
213
282
276
1,270
Physically
General classes Cured leprosy
895
361
601
252
***
3,206
Handicapped
patients...
67
103
81
43
631
Cured tuberculosis
patients...
15
281 314 294
1,087
Mentally Ill
Total
88
92 234
477
3,079
1,952 | 2,098 | 1,553 13,091
Notes:
The category of 'mentally ill' mainly consists of those referred for aftercare by the Mental Health Service of the Medical and Health Department and is strictly limited.
* Definitions
Blind
Certified by the Government Ophthalmic Specialist to have residual vision of 3/60th or less (metric system) in the better eye after correction.
Mentally defective
Persons with arrested or incomplete development of the mind or subnormal intellec- tual functioning which usually originates during the developmental period.
Severe requiring life-long care
Medium
capable of some training.
Physically Handicapped (General classes)
Mainly persons with loco-motor disability of orthopaedic or neurological origin.
Deaf
Deaf persons with hearing impairment which is of educational, social and occupa- tional significance.
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