[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE II. Showing the Aelocation of the Applicants Examined during 1930 at the Certifying Clinic among the Local Authorities COMPOSING THE JOINT COMMITTEE FOR THE BLIND FOR GLASGOW and the South-West of Scotland. Certified. Rejected. Total Applicants Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Glasgow 269 249 518 137 100 237 753 Airdrie 5 2 7 9 8 17 24 Ayr 1 4 5 1 — 1 6 Coatbridge ... 13 6 19 18 15 33 52 Dumbarton ... 3 2 5 — 1 1 6 Dumfries 2 3 5 — 2 2 7 Falkirk 2 1 3 1 — I 4 Greenock 9 9 18 13 13 26 44 Hamilton 5 4 9 4 2 6 15 Kilmarnock ... Motherwell and 1 2 3 1 — 1 4 Wishaw ... 5 5 10 6 10 16 26 Paisley 8 6 14 4 6 10 24 Port-Glasgow 2 l 2 1 3 6 Stirling 3 — Q <J i 1 2 5 Argyllshire ... 5 1 6 2 3 5 11 Ayrshire 7 6 13 2 — 2 15 Buteshire — 1 1 — — — 1 Lanarkshire ... 25 23 48 33 27 60 108 Renfrewshire 2 7 9 — 1 1 10 Stirlingshire... 3 4 7 — 5 5 12 Dunbartonshire 9 12 21 8 2 10 31 Total 379 348 727 242 197 439 1,166 Recommendations for treatment made at the clinic were as follows:— Cases Cases Certified. Refused. Medical Treatment ... ... ... ... 30 31 Surgical Treatment ... ... ... ... 47 32 Spectacles ... ... ... ... ... 7 00 84 120 Of the 439 applicants refused certification, 126, that is, 28-7 per cent., were recommended treatment in some form. Wassermann Results.—Of the cases examined and certified at the clinic, specimens of blood were taken for Wassermami examination in 396 instances. The number giving positive results was 54, which is 13-7 per cent. Re-examinations.—The number of applicants examined for the second time during the year was 75. In 73 cases re-examination was done on the recommendation of the examining ophthalmologist to ascertain either the effect of treatment advised, for example, cataract operation, or the change in six months or a year in a case which is 1