Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1
NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON THE REGISTER
(a) Number of children under five years of age | 32,550 |
(b) Number on Register on 1.1.66 | 2,091 |
(c) Number placed on Register during 1966 | 1,605 |
(d) Number taken off Register during 1966 | 1,852 |
(e) Number on Register on 31.12.66 | 1,844 |
TABLE 2
MALFORMATIONS DETECTED IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD
Number | Incidence per 1,000 notified live and still births | |
---|---|---|
1. Spina bifida and hyrocephalus | 19 | 2.9 |
2. Anencephalus | 7 | 1.1 |
3. Other central nervous system | 4 | 0.6 |
4. Cardivascular | 15 | 2.3 |
5. Renal tract | 4 | 0.6 |
6. Genital system | 8 | 1.2 |
7. Alimentary | 2 | 0.3 |
8. Exomphalos | 4 | 0.6 |
9. Skeletal | 8 | 1.2 |
10. Face and mouth | 14 | 2.2 |
11. Respiratory tract | 1 | 0.2 |
12. Limb abnormalities | 52 | 8.1 |
13. Cystic fibrositis of pancreas | 2 | 0.3 |
14. Mongolism | 6 | 0.9 |
15. Other chromosomal and genetic defects | 6 | 0.9 |
16. Other abnormalities | 1 | 0.2 |
Single malformations | 139 | 21.0 |
Multiple malformations | 14 | 2.2 |
TABLE 3
NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON THE REGISTER ON 31.12.66 EXPRESSED AS A PROPORTION OF EACH AGE GROUP
Year of birth | Number of live births | On the Register for | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
handicap | observation | ||||
Total number | %of live births | Total number | %of live births | ||
1966 | 6,460 | 47 | 0.73 | 706 | 10.9 |
1965 | 6.490 | 50 | 0.8 | 590 | 9.1 |
1964 | 6,636 | 48 | 0.7 | 248 | 3.7 |
1963 | 6,605 | 49 | 0.7 | 40 | 0.6 |
1962 | 6,359 | 54 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.2 |