APPENDIX 20
(See paragraphs 81 to 89)
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED:
TOTALS ON REGISTER
Category
Total on Register at 31 March
1958
1968
1969
Blind*
睢
1,366
5,023
5,155
Deaf*
**
656
2,518
2,602
Mentally Retarded* (Mainly medium grades)
80
2,005
2,135
General classes
895
Physically
3,755
3,888
Disabled
Cured leprosy patients
67
796
809
Total
3,064
14,097
14,589
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 intellectual 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 occupation significance.
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