静岡県下における盲学校生徒の失明原因—（その1）静岡盲学校生徒の検診成績（1964年度）

Causes of Blindness in Schools for the Blind in Shizuoka Prefecture:Part 1; Outcomes of Survey for 1954.

I．緒言

　著者は静岡県下における盲人調査の一環として県立静岡盲学校生徒の検診をおこない，その失明原因を調査したのでここに報告する。

A report is presented over the ophthalmo-logical findings of pupils attending the Shizu-oka School for the Blind.

1. Among the 126 subjects studied, there was a preponderance of males over females at the rate of 59.5% vs. 40.5%.

2. 83.3% of the subjects aged less than 20 years.

3. The visual acuity was less than 0.1 in 85.7% and less than 0.02 in 42.1%.

4. 60.2% had been blind already since bi-rth. In 82.7% blindness set in before the age of 10.