APPENDIX 20
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED: TOTALS ON REGISTER
Total on Register at 31st March
Category
1958
1967
1968
Blind*
1,366
4,951
5,023
Deaf*
656
2,730
2,518
Mentally Retarded* (Mainly of medium and
severe grades)
80
***
***
1,757
2,005
General classes
895
Physically
3,775
3,755
Disabled
Cured leprosy patients...
67
695
796
Total
3,064
13,908
14,097
Notes:
* Definitions
Blind
Certified by the Government Ophthalmic Specialist to have residual vision of 3/60th or less (metric system) in the better eye after correction.
Mentally retarded
Persons with arrested or incomplete development of the mind or subnormal in- tellectual functioning which usually originates during the developmental period.
Severe requiring life-long care
Medium
capable of some training.
Physically Handicapped (General classes)
Mainly persons with loco-motor disability of orthopaedic or neurological origin.
Deaf
Deaf persons with hearing impairment which is of educational, social and occupa- tional significance.
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