TABLE 62

CAUSES FOR PERMANENT BLINDNESS REGISTRATION 1983 AND 1984

TABLE 63

WORK OF EAR-NOSE-THROAT SERVICE 1983 AND 1984

1983

1984

New out-patient attendances

1983

24 563

1984

24 953

Cause

Adults Children

Adults Children

Total (Z)

Total (X)

Total out-patient attendances

88 519

91 598

Cataract

462

2

464 (47.9) 545

5

550 (51.0)

Operations performed

2 894

2 927

Glaucoma

105

1

106

(11.0) 108

3

111

(10.3)

Speech therapy cases

4 216

3 605

Leucoma

63

63

(6.5) 77

77

(7.1)

Audiological investigations

9 039

9 141

(corneal scarring)

High refractive

$2

2

54

(5.6) 55

2

57

(5.3)

errors

Diabetic retinopathy

50

50

(5.2) 63

63

(5.8)

Senile macular

40

40

(4.1) 44

44

(4.1)

degeneration

TABLE 64 WORK OF GENERAL DENTAL SERVICE 1980 TO 1984

Optic atrophy

38

40 (4.1)

57

5

62

(5.7)

Phthisis bulbi

37

37

(3.8) 22

22

(2.0)

Retinal dysplasia

29

37

(3.8) 24

28

(2.6)

Persons

Deciduous Teeth

Permanent Teeth

rendered

Year

Attendances

Retinitis pigmentosa

27

27

(2.8) 24

25

(2.3)

dentally

Restored Extracted

Restored Extracted

fit

Retinal detachment

22

22

(2.3)

26

I

27

(2.5)

Retinal vascular

15

15

(1.6)

6

6 (0.6)

1980

344 025

13 007

accident

1981

367 394

13 759

20 063

20 687

113 951

46 220

78 771

108 030

44 108

75 784

Uveitis

10

t

11

(1.1)

6

1

7

(0.7)

1982

367 330

14 273

20 488

115 774

43 939

82 372

Injuries

(0.0)

(0.0)

1983

398 625

16 211

21 400

122 019

46 732

94 756

Keratitis

2

2

(0.2)

(0.0)

1984

427 165

18 109

23 624

128 019

50 019

107 721

Neoplasm

(0.0)

(0.0)

Others

(0.0)

(0.0)

TOTAL

9.50

18

968 (100.0)| 1057

22

1079 (100.0)

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