TAHLE 63
RADIOTHERAPEUTIC DIVISION
A. Radiotherapy
New Patients seen
New Patients with malignant disease seen
New Patients with won-malignant disease sead
New Patients with disease remained undiagnosed Total Patients with malignant disease treated
New Patients treated Old Patients treated
Patients with non-malignant disease treated
B. Badiation Treatments Given
1. Supervoltage X-ray & Gamma-ray Therapy
TABLE 64
WORK OF THE OPHTHALMIC SERVICE 1972 & 1973
1973
1972
1973
3,437
New Out-patient attendances
81.571
2,176
62,447
Total Out-patient attendances
252,967
252,363
1,145
Operations performed
116
2,709
2,895
2,726 2,066
Operations olaased as sight-restoring
(included in above)
1,927
1,922
660
416
Home visite by Health Visitors
1,862
2,142
TABLE 65
ANALYSIS OF MAJOR CAUSES OF ELINDNESS 1972 & 1973
74,260
2. Orthovoltage I-ray & Gamma-ray Therapy
15,509
3. Superficial X-ray therapy
488
4. Radium or radiocobalt applications
326
Causes
5. Radio-gold (198,
"Au) application
4
Glaucoma
6. Radio-strontium (90gr) application (Skin Plaques, eye-shells) 21 7. Radio-phosphorus (3p) therapy (Internal Administration)
Cataract
2
Corneal Leucoma (Trachoma)
B. Radio-iodine (1311) Therapy
9. Radio-iridium ()
(192) application
C. Radioisotope Tracer Studies
357
Degenerative Diseases
4
Error(Myopia)
Congenital Defcota
(Expressed as percentage of blind cases)
1972
1973
16.0
25.0
40.0
23.0
6.4
12.0
10.0
14.0
5.3
4.0
6.0
20.1
10.1
2.0
1.2
0.2
0.5
0.2
3.0
1.0
1. Radio–iodine
(1311)
N.S.0. Atrophy/Uveitis
4,218
(i) Thyroid function tests
(1,386)
Diabetic retinopathy
Retinal Detachment
(11) Trisorb only
(2,524)
(iii) Topographical Survey
(308)
Retinal Vascular Episodee
Neoplasms
4.
2.
Strontium 85
-
3. Strontium 87m
Technetium 99%
5. Indium 113
6. Othere
(i) 1131 (Scan only)
(ii) 1131 (body scan)
(111) Sr 85(Bone Scan)
(iv) KC104
2
Injuries
22
46
1,175
76
(55)
Caused
(10)
Congenital Defects
(5)
N.5.0. Atrophy/Uveitis
discharge test
(6)
Retinal Detachment
Retractive Error
Analysis of major causes of blindness in Children under
15 years of age
(percentage of blind cases)
1972
1973
41
70
59
23
4
1
3