TABLE 56
WORK OF THE OPHTHALMIC SERVICE 1973
74
TABLE 58
CAUSES OF BLINDNESS IN CHILDREN UNDER 15 1973-74
1973
1974
New Out-patient attendances
82,447
Total Out-patient attendancea
252,363
91,458 266,573
1973
1974
Operations performed ;
Causes for blindness (per cent)
Major
1,922
2.196
Dysplasia
15.6
30.0
Minor
973
1.164
Cataract
23.0
22.5
Total
2,895
3.360
Home visits by Health Visitors
2.142
1,714
Optic Atrophy
7.6
17.5
Retinal Detachment
3.6
7.5
Bupthalmos
15.5
5.0
TABLE 57
CAUSES FOR BLIND KEGISTRATION 1973
Retinitis Pigmentosa
15.5
5.0
74
High Refractive Error
3.7
5.0
I) Total Blind Registration
1973
904
1974
1,451
Uveitis
15.5
2.5
II) Causes For Blind
Keratitis
(as percentages of total blind cases)
2.5
Cataract
23.0
34.3
Neoplasm
2.5
Glaucoma
25.0
18.3
Corneal Leucoma (Trachoma)
12.0
10.3
Total :
100.0
100.0
High Refractive Error (Hypopia)
5.3
8.0
Phthisis Bulbi (Unidentified causes) 11.4
7.9
Optic Atrophy
4.8
6.0
Uveitis
5.3
4.5
Retinitis Pigmentosa
5.3
3.6
TABLE 59
WORK OF THE EAR-NOSE-THROAT SERVICE 1973-74
Senile Macular Degeneration
1.5
2.2
Retinal Detachment
1.2
1.4
1973
1974
Dysplasia
2.5
1.2
Diabetic Retinopathy
1.5
1.2
New out-patient attendances
17,445
18,494
Retinal Vascular Accidents
0.2
0.5
Total out-patient attendances
55,555
59,408
Injuries
0.8
0.5
Total inpatients admitted
2,854
2,743
Neoplasm
0.2
0.1
Operations performed
2,482
2,125
Speech therару савев
2,482
2,428