§ Mr. Ioan Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the total number of permanently and substantially handicapped people identi-
NUMBERS OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS Type of Handicap 31st December 1969 31st December 1970 31st March 1972 31st March 1973 31st March 1974 Blind … … … … 7,441 7,373 7,433 7,463 7,420 Partially Sighted … … … 3,278 3,258 3,308 3,352 3,454 Deaf … … … … … 1,288 1,302 1,277 1,270 1,311 Hard of Hearing … … … 1,154 1,123 1,068 1,038 985 Other Handicaps … … … 15,980 16,985 19,758 23,368 28,997 Total … … … … 29,141 30,041 32,844 36,491 42,167
NEW REGISTRATIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDING Type of Handicap 31st December 1969 31st December 1970 31st March 1972 31st March 1973 31st March 1974 Blind … … … … 751 807 968 868 888 Partially Sighted … … … 526 521 540 475 465 Deaf … … … … … 81 70 67 91 68 Hard of Hearing … … … 73 93 73 80 155 Other Handicaps … … … 2,067 2,572 3,804 5,390 6,344 Total … … … … 3,498 4,063 5,452 6,904 7,920