HC Deb 02 February 1982 vol 17 c124W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children under 5 years of age were registered as blind or partially sighted as a result of retrolental fibroplasia for each year from 1965 to 1981.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Figures from 1965 to 1972 are as follows:

Year Total
(Registered
blind)
1965 25
1966 26
1967 25
1968 24
1969 24
1970 25
1971 25
1972 24

Information for later years is not available.