[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (/) Certified blind on second examination and decision reversed on re-examination ... ... ... ... ... ... ] (g) Certified not blind on second examination and decision unaltered on re-examination ... ... ... ... 9 (h) Certified not blind on second examination and decision reversed on re-examination .... ... ... ... 12 Total ... ... 72 Follow-up Scheme.—During the past few years a scheme has been in operation to follow up those patients examined at the Regional Clinic and considered by the examining surgeons as likely to benefit from further treatment. The scheme has been made possible by the co-operation of the Mission to the Outdoor Blind for Glasgow and the South-West of Scotland. The home teachers make special enquiries twice yearly regarding such patients and report progress. Where operative or other treatment has been completed, the patient is summoned to the clinic for examination and the improvement or other- wise noted. During the year the teachers investigated 36 cases certified blind with the following results :— Treatment Carried Out. Not Carried Out. Treatment No. of Still Not now Un- Recommended. Cases. Blind. Blind. Total. Died. willing. Unfit. Others, Surgical 32 1 1 2 1 15 9 5 Medical ... 4 3 — 3 — — 1 — 36 4 1 5 1 15 10 5 The large group entitled in the table “ unwilling ” is composed mainly of elderly people who do not feel inclined, owing to their advanced age, to undertake an operation. The group “ others ” numbering 5 in the table consists of patients who for some medical reason are not yet ready for operative procedures, e.g., patients whose cataract has not yet “ matured.” Table C. Causes of Blindness. The causes of blindness of the 315 cases certified blind during 1947 are shown in the following table :— Congenital and Undetermined— Congenital anomalies (8) and developmental defects (7) ... ... 15 Tumor of globe and orbit ... ... ... ... ... ... — Myopia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 Other errors of refraction ... ... ... ... ... ... — Glaucoma, primary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52 Cataract, primary ... ... ... ... .■.. ... ... 92 Other primary ocular defects (primary detachment) ... ... 3