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HALIFAX DISASTER RECORD OFFICE
CHRONICLE BUILDING
HALIFAX, N.S.

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TOTALLY BLIND LESS THAN WAS EXPECTED
Only Forty Completely Lost Sight in Halifax Disaster -- The Pension Cases.

As far as it is possible to tell from the information now on hand, the total number of pensions the Halifax Relief Commission will have to deal with, will be about 250, and the greater majority of these have already been finally disposed of by Dr. G. B. Cutten, the energetic Director of the Rehabilitation and Pension Department.

During the month of June, Dr. Cutten's department will in addition to the balance of the pension work, have under consideration the subject of disability cases. Cases of permanent disability - apart from eye cases, will probably not exceed 200.

It is known that there are several number of eye cases, but fortunately only about forty that are totally blind. Provision will be made for re-education and medical attendance for all persons coming in this class and an endeavor will be made to provide rehabilitation in the strict sense of the word in every case.

The number of amputations is like the number of totally blind - very much less than that originally anticipated and the figures now available would indicate that there will be about thirty cases of amputation to be dealt with. this includes the case of single fingers and toes, so that the serious cases of amputation will probably not exceed twenty in number. In the latter type of case, artificial limbs will be provided and reeducation made available.

[handwritten in ink] The Halifax Chronicle
June 10, 1918

MG 1 vol 2124 number 110 a