The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918
Appendix E
Appendix E.
II. War Pensions in New Zealand. Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions for year ending 31st March, 1924.
Appendix I—Medical Administration.
The following table sets out the nature of the disabilities for which war pensions are being granted.
In many cases a pensioner is suffering from more than one disability, but in this classification only the dominant disability is considered, so that the total number of these is the same as the total number of individuals in receipt of war pension on the 31st March, 1924.
Wounds Perm. Temp. Total Upper extremity 1,577 600 2,177 Lower extremity 1,548 858 2,506 Head and neck 440 289 729 Thorax 356 292 648 Abdomen 160 109 269 4,181 2,148 6,329 Amputations— Upper extremity 430 8 438 Lower extremity 584 17 601 Double 39 39 1,053 25 1,078 Special senses— Ocular: Totally blind 21 21 Loss of one eye 337 9 346 Other disabilities of eye 150 33 183 508 42 550 Auditory 261 84 345 Nasal 2 16 18 Respiratory system— Pulmonary tuberculosis 6 1,462 1,468 Other diseases 23 929 952 29 2,391 2,420 Circulatory system 95 358 453 Nervous system— Organic disease 27 31 58 Functional disease 30 827 857 57 858 915 Insanity 2 28 30 Gastro-intestinal 43 271 314 Genito-urinary 43 121 164 General diseases 93 848 941page 550 Fractures (not due to wounds)— Upper extremity 54 28 82 Lower extremity 52 40 92 106 68 174 Diseases of bone 14 18 32 Injuries of joints (not due to wounds) 204 242 410 Spinal disease 9 81 90 Deformities 38 23 61 Disease of skin 3 8 11 Miscellaneous 43 101 144| 6,784 7,731 14,515