In ten years time there will be no such things as blindness in child life, apart from accident. This is the startling but welcome belief expressed by ophthalmic experts following publication of figures which show that in England and Wales blindness in children is being wiped out. Of a total blind population of 69,378, there are now only 1,924 under the age of sixteen, states the "Sunday Express.
This number was formerly 60 per cent. higher, ard the steady decline over a period of years is attributed to better medical and midwifery services. There is, however, a serious increase in blindness among persons over the age of forty, the reason for which is not known; statistics show 18,396 blind persons between the ages of fifty and sixty-five, and 7,263 between the ages of forty and fifty.
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