Statement of Number of Persons who have become Blind in Workhouses of Kanturk Union

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KANTURK UNION.

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RETURN to an Order of ttio Honourable The House of Commons,

dated 20 February 1832 ;â€”for, A STATEMENT " of the Number of Persons who have become Blind,

or who have lost the Sight of One Eye, or whose Sight has become permanently Impaired in the Workhouses of the Kanturk Union during the present and past Year distinguishing the Number in each Year " COPIES of any Medical Reports which have been made by Order

of the Poor Law Commissioners on the Prevalence of Eye Diseases, their Treatment, and the probable Causes of their Virulence in these Workhouses:" CÂ£ And, Dates and Extracts of Copies or Reports made to the

Commissioners by Poor Law Inspectors, calling their Attention to the Prevalence of this Disease in the Union, and of Resolutions of the Board of Guardians on the Subject."

("Sir Denham Norreys.)

Poor-Law Commission Office, Dublin,!

10 April 1852.
J

W.
STANLEY,

Secretary.

Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 21 April 1852,

â€” No.
1.â€”
STATEMENT of the Number of Persons who hare become Blind, or who have lost the Sight of One Eye, or whose Sight has become permanently Impaired in the Workhouses of Kantuuk Union' during the present and the past Year; distinguishing the Number in on eh Year.

Total Number Number Number of Number of

of of such Persons such Persons PERIOD.
Persons affected

â€¢with Disease

such Persons

â€¢who

who Lost the Sight

whose Sight became Observations.
of tlm live became Blind of One Pve permanently during during durim: Impaired dm 11.5
each Period.
each Period.
each Peiiod.
each Puiod.*

Year ended 31st Do-1

2,404 48 152 '41 --During 1851 comber 1851 --J them were adÂ¬

mitted blind of 1st of January to 20th") 241 4 0 both eyes, (1; of February 1852 -j one eye, 0 ; with

impaiied vision, 2-Total --2,645 52 157 43

"" A groat majority of those suffering from impaired vision will recover good sight as the lymph deposits on the cornea aro becoming absorbed, and most of them have only slightly impaired vision of one eye.

12 March 1852.
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James M'Dcrntott,] IF.
O'Brien, Clork of Union.

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265.
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