Toward a Functional Definition of Blindness

U.S. National Health Survey. Origin and Program of the U.S. National Health Survey. Health Statistics. Series A-I. Public Health Service Publication No. 584-A1. Washington, D.C., Public Health Service, May 1958.

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U.S. National Health Survey. The Statistical Design of the Health Household-Interview Survey. Health Statistics. Series A-2. Public Health Service Publication No. 584-A2. Washington, D.C., Public Health Service, July 1958.

U.S. National Health Survey. Concepts and Definitions in the Health Household-Interview Survey. Health Statistics. Series A-3. Public Health Service Publication No. 584-A3, Washington, D.C., Public Health Service, September 1958. Linder, Forrest E., “Organization of the National Health Survey.” The American Statistician, Vol. 13, No. 3, June 1959, p. 7.

Hurlin Ralph J. , Estimated Prevalance of Blindness in the United States. New York, American Foundation for the Blind, 1953. 15 pp.

The introduction of “comprehensive medicine” and recommendations of the Bayne-Jones report indicate the trend: The Advancement of Medical Research and Education through The Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, June 27, 1958.

The Blind Population of the United States, 1920; A Statistical Analysis of the Data Obtained at the 14th Decennial Census. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1928. 191 pp.

“Estimates of Blindness in the United States.” Social Security Bulletin, March 1945, pp. 17–18.

Particularly in Blind Population 1920: Sanders Hurlin (1937) and McKay (1931).

See also:

Britten Rollo H. “Blindness as Recorded in the National Health Survey …” Public Health Report, Vol. 56, No. 46, 1941, p. 17.

(a) Berens Conrad , “Standardization of Statistics on Causes of Blindness.” Paper presented to Pan American Medical Association, March 24, 1933.

(b) Hurlin Ralph G. , “Recent State Surveys of the Blind.” Outlook for the Blind, October 1937, pp. 119–23; February 1938, pp. 6–11.

(c) McKay Evelyn C. , “Uniform Statistics of the Blind.” Proceedings of American Association of Instructors of the Blind Convention, 1934.

(d) Jackson Edward , “Blindness in the Census.” American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1930, pp. 155–56.

“Contribution of Statistics to the Prevention of Blindness.” National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Publication 164, December 1934. 35 pp.

Lende Holga , Federal Legislation Concerning Blind Persons in the United States and Insular Possessions. New York: American Foundation for the Blind, 1958, p. 19.

Sanders Barkev S. , “The Blind—Their Numbers and Characteristics.” Social Security Bulletin, October 1943, pp. 17–26.

Fonda Gerald , “Report of 500 Patients Examined for Low Vision.” AMA Archives of Ophthalmology, August 1956, Vol. 56, pp. 171–75.

Esbin Leo , “The Optical Aids Service of IHB” (unpublished). Paper to Pan American Association of Opthalmology, April 8, 1957.

Hoover Richard , in a forthcoming article (1959) in The American Journal of Ophthalmology.

“Evaluation of Blinded Patients.” In Program Guide, Office of the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans Administration, August 15, 1958, p. 13.

McKay Evelyn C. “The Work of the Committee on Central Statistics of the Blind.” Outlook for the Blind, June 1931, pp. 161–65.