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TABLE 58 WORK OF OPHTHALMIC SERVICE 1981 AND 1982

TABLE 59

CAUSES FOR PERMANENT BLINDNESS REGISTRATION 1981 AND 1982

New Out-patient Attendances

1981

1982

57,778

54,854

Age

1981

1982

15 & Under Total (%) 15 &

Cause

over

15

over

Under Total (2)

15

Glaucoma

89

Total Out-patient Attendances

206,226

209,237

89 (21.7) 116

1

117 (12.0)

Cataract

48

N

50 (12.2) 391

6

397 (40.6)

High refractive error

24

24

(5.9) 115

115 (11.8)

Operations Performed

i) Hospital

Major

1,810

1,760

Leucoma (corneal scarring)

35

35 (8.5) 77

—

77 (7.9)

Minor

292

266

Retinitis pigmentosa

26

26 (6.3) 28

2

30

(3.1)

Total

2,102

2,026

Optic atrophy

26

4

30 (7.3)

46

3

49

(5.0)

Diabetic retinopathy

27

2*7*

(6.6) 49

49

(5.0)

ii) OPD

Major

1,220

1,632

Retinal detachment

17

17

(4.2) 49

1

50

(5.1)

Minor

1,254

1,331

Phthisis bulbi

19

19

(4.6) 28

30

(3.1)

(unidentified cause)

Total

2,474

2,963

Senile macular degeneration

35

Į

Uveitis

00

8

100

35 (8.5) 32

32 (3.3)

Home Visits by Health Visitors

852

1,000

8 (2.0) 8

8

Retinal vascular accident

3

3 (0.7)

1

}

(0.8)

(0.2)

Dysplasia

35

9 44 (10.7)

8 3

11 (1.1)

Injuries

2

2

(0.5)

♡

3 (0.3)

Neoplasn

}

(0.0)

(0.1)

Keratitis

1

1

(0.3)

1

(0.1)

Others

}

(0.0) 5

5

(0.5)

Total

394

16

410 (100.0) 957 20

977 (100.0)