TABLE 58
WORK OF OPHTHALMIC SERVICE 1980 AND 1981
TABLE 59
CAUSES FOR PERMANENT BLINDNESS REGISTRATION 1980 AND 1981
1980
1981
Age
1980
1981
Cause
15 & over
Under 15
Total
15 & over
Under 15
Total
(9%)
New Out-patient Attendances
60,101*
57,778
Total Out-patient Attendances
226,520*
206,226
Glaucoma
114
-
9
115
(19.3) 89
89
(21.7)
Operations Performed
Cataract
180 4 184 (30.9) 448 2
50
(12.2)
i. Hospital Major
1,6
.660*
1,810
Minor
254*
292
Total
1,914*
2,102
High refractive errore
(myopia)
Laucoma (trachoma)
37
UN
5
ལ
42
(7.0)
24
24 (5.9)
56
+
56 (9.4) 35
11.
OFD
Major
1,607
1,220
Retinitis piguentosa
N
8
Minor
Total
991
1,254
Optic atrophy
28
20
28
20 (3.4) 26
(4.7) 26
N N W
35
(8.5)
26
(6.3)
3
30
(7.3)
2,598
2,474
Diabetic Retinopathy
22
I
22 (3.7) 27
27
(6.6)
Home Visits by Health Visitors
1,391
852
Retinal detachment
4
4 (0.7) 17
17
(4.2)
Note :-
Figures revised to include service provided at Kwong Wab Hospital
Phthisis bulbi
(unidentified cause)
Senile macular degeneration
Uveitia
Retinal vascular accidents
Dysplasia
35 2 37
B ST
(6.2)
19
19
(4.6)
I
58 (9.7)
155
35
35
(8.5)
14
ON
9
(1.5)
#
8 (2.0)
in
5
I
(0.8)
3
3
(0.7)
8
5 13 (2.2) 35 9
44
(10.7)
Injuries
Keratitis
Total
2
2 (0.3) 2
2
(0.5)
1
1
1 (0.2)
*
(0.3)
578 18 596 (100.0) ||39416 410 (100.0)
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