Appendix II
EYE DISORDERS
Extract from analysis of Causes of Rejection in 42,022 men rejected from 105,311 men aged 18 to 45 years, who were examined for military service during 1942 and 1943. (Prepared by National Service Department, 14 December 1943.)
Percentage of Eye Disorders Causing Rejection In Men Examined
Central Age of Group
|
Number in Group Examined
|
Percentage other than Grade I
|
Defective Vision
|
Blindness One or Both Eyes
|
Other Eye Disorders
|
Total Eye Disorders
|
19 yrs (single) |
10,855 |
22.1 |
3.98 |
0.28 |
0.25 |
4.51 |
28 yrs (married) |
22,585 |
28.3 |
3.43 |
0.39 |
0.25 |
4.07 |
33 yrs (married) |
28,239 |
35.2 |
3.41 |
0.42 |
0.32 |
4.15 |
42 yrs (married) |
43,632 |
53.4 |
4.35 |
0.50 |
0.34 |
5.19 |
Disabilities Of The Eyes In Ex-service Personnel Recorded With War Pensions Department At 31 March 1947
Diseases of the eyes |
1061 |
Wounds, GSW |
207 |
Wounds, accidental |
193 |
Errors of refraction only |
957 |
|
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|
2418 |
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Eye Cases Invalided To New Zealand From
2 NZEF
battle casualties– |
|
Enucleation eye |
120 |
Enucleation both eyes |
1 |
Penetration of eye |
22 |
Penetration of eye with blindness |
10 |
Penetration of eye retained FB |
9 |
Penetration of both eyes |
6 |
Penetration of both eyes with blindness |
3 |
Perforation both eyes |
2 |
Injury cornea both eyes |
6 |
Injury cornea and contusion |
2 |
Contusion |
15 |
Contusion with blindness |
4 |
Contusion with retained FB |
1 |
Contusion with haemorrhage |
2 |
Contusion with perforation |
5 |
Choroido-retinitis |
1 |
Burns both cornea |
1 |
Injury cornea and cataract |
1 |
FB cornea and partial loss sight |
1 |
DISEASES— |
|
Conjunctivitis |
21 |
Defective vision |
4 |
Keratitis |
22 |
Blepharitis |
3 |
Pterygium |
3 |
Iritis |
9 |
Choroiditis |
20 |
Amblyopia |
17 |
Myopia |
9 |
Astigmatsm |
3 |
Strabismus |
2 |
Cataract |
15 |
Trachoma |
22 |
Other |
69 |
|
— |
|
219 |
accidental injuries— |
|
Enucleation |
6 |
Penetration |
2 |
Penetration and cataract |
2 |
Penetration and loss vision |
2 |
Penetration and retained FB |
1 |
Contusion |
2 |
Optic atrophy |
2 |
Blind eye (PW) |
1 |
Detached retina |
1 |
Corneal Leucoma |
1 |
Macular choroiditis |
1 |
OLD CASES— |
|
Loss vision |
1 |
Defective vision |
1 |
Perforation |
1 |
Detached retina |
1 |
Choroido-retinitis |
1 |
Vitreous opacities |
1 |