[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough.

Leicester (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1955

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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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BLIND PERSONS I am indebted to Mr. K. J. Powell, Director of Welfare Services, for the information included in this Section. Classification according to age (at Date of Registration) of Partially Sighted Persons Registered in 1955 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5-10 11-15 16-20 21-30 31-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65-69 70 + Totals Cataract : Male - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — Female . . - - - - - - 1 1 - 3 10 15 Glaucoma : Male - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 Female . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 Retrolental Fibroplasia : Male - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — Female .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Others : Male - - - - - 2 - 2 - 1 - - - - 2 7 Female . . - - - 1 - - - 1 1 “ 1 5 9 “Totals - - - - - 3 - 2 - 2 1 2 - 4 20 34 *These figures include 5 persons transferred from the Blind Register. Classification according to age (at Date of Registration) of Blind Persons Registered in 1955 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5-10 11-15 16-20 21-30 31-39 40—49 50-59 60-64 65-69 70 + Totals Cataract : Male - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - 11 13 Female .. - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 22 25 Glaucoma : Male - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 Female .. - - - - - - - - - r - 1 - 1 3 5 Retrolental Fibroplasia : Male - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Female .. - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Others : Male - - - - 1 - - 1 - i 1 2 2 1 13 22 Female . . - - - - - - - - - - 2 5 1 4 22 34 “Totals - 2 1 - 1 - - 2 - i 3 10 5 7 72 104 These figures include 1 3 persons transferred from the Partially Sighted Register.