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Brent 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS Table 6
| Summary of Notifications | ||
| (i) | Number of notifications received during year | 91 |
| (ii) | Number of live births included in (i) above | 83 |
| (iii) | Number of stillbirths included in (i) above | 8 |
| Macerated 1 | ||
| Others 7 | ||
| (iv) | Number of children with multiple malformations | 6 |
Table 7
Analysis of Malformations Notified
| Code No. | Classification | Number of cases | Code No. | Classification | Number of cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Central Nervous System | 6 | Limbs | ||
| .1 | Anencephalus | 9 | .0 | Polydactyly | 13 |
| .8 | Spina bifida | 7 | .1 | Syndactyly | 1 |
| .4 | Hydrocephalus | 6 | .4 | Unspecified reduction deformity of limbs | 2 |
| .5 | Microcephalus | 1 | |||
| .6 | Other specified malformations of brain or spinal cord | .5 | Talipes | 12 | |
| 4 | .6 | Congenital dislocation of hip | 4 | ||
| .9 | Unspecified malformation of brain spinal cord and nervous system | .7 | Other specified malformations of upper limb or shoulder | 1 | |
| 1 | .8 | Other specified malformations of leg or pelvis | 3 | ||
| 1 | Eye and Ear | ||||
| .8 | Accessory auricle | 2 | 7 | Other parts of Musculoskeletal System | |
| .6 | Unspecified malformations of ear | 1 | |||
| .0 | Other malformations of musculoskeletal system (including congenital hernias except hiatus hernia) | 3 | |||
| 2 | Alimentary System | ||||
| .1 | Cleft lip | 1 | |||
| .0 | Unspecified malformations of alimentary system | 1 | |||
| 8 | Other Systems | ||||
| 3 | Heart and Circulatory System | .1 | Other malformations of face and neck | 1 | |
| .0 | Unspecified malformations of heart and circulatory system | 3 | |||
| .9 | Exomphalos, omphalocele (excluding umbilical hernia) | 3 | |||
| 5 | Urino-genital System | ||||
| .1 | Indeterminate sex and true hermaphroditism | 1 | .3 | Pigmented naevus | 1 |
| 9 | Other Malformations | ||||
| .7 | Hypospadias, epispadias | 9 | .0 | Other and unspecified congenital malformations | 1 |
| .2 | Undescended testicle | 2 | |||
| .4 | Malformations of male external genitalia | 2 | .9 | Multiple congenital malformations not specified | 1 |
| .9 | Other specified malformations of urino-genital organs (includes pseudohermaphroditism) | 2 | .3 | Other monster (includes cyclops) | 2 |
| .6 | Down's syndrome (mongolism) | 2 |
Table 8 MIDWIFERY SERVICE
| Deliveries attended:— | |
| Doctor not booked, doctor present | — |
| Doctor not booked, doctor not present | 9 |
| Doctor booked, doctor present | 20 |
| Doctor booked, doctor not present | 92 |
| "Domino" Scheme | 7 |
| Number of home booked cases transferred to hospital before confinement | 16 |
| Cases in which analgesia was administered:— | |
| Gas and air | 28 |
| Trilene | 68 |
| Pethilorfan | 43 |
| Number of times Emergency Transfusion Service used | 1 |
| Visits paid:— | |
| Ante-natal | 1,946 |
| During labour | 244 |
| Nursing domiciliary confinements | 1,814 |
| Nursing institutional discharges | 3,967 |
| Clinic Sessions Attended:— | |
| Ante-natal | 771 |
| General practitioners' clinics | 118 |
| Relaxation | 12 |
| Mothercraft | 13 |
| Number of cases in which medical aid was called by midwife | 9 |