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social assessment of home circumstances at the request of
maternity hospital staff prior to hospital booking for 48 hour
discharge.
DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING
MOTHERS
Details of the numbers treated and of the treatment given
are included in the report of the Chief Dental Officer on pages
42.
UNMARRIED MOTHERS
The arrangement whereby the Chelmsford Diocesan Moral
Welfare Association provide care during the ante-natal period
for unmarried mothers and arrange subsequent admission to
mother and baby homes where necessary has continued. The
number of unmarried mothers from Havering who received help
from the outdoor worker of the Association during the year was
70 and of these 38 were admitted to mother and baby homes.
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
During the year 99 congenital malformations observed at
birth were reported on the notifications received from hospitals
and midwives. These related to 76 children and an analysis is
contained in Table 6. The 76 infants reported as suffering from
congenital malformations represents 1.9% of the total births The
equivalent figures for 1967 were 106 children and 2.6% of the
total notified births for that year. The Registrar General runs
an early warning scheme to notify Medical Officers of Health
of any untoward rise in the number of notifications in his area. The
present number of notifications is within normal limits.