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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Redbridge 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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| Number of Abnormal Cases | ||
|---|---|---|
| GENETIC | (1) Family History of congenital abnormality | 1 (+ other factors) |
| PRE-NATAL | (2) Illnesses necessitating the use of certain drugs during pregnancy | 6 (+ other factors) |
| (3) Abdominal or pelvic X-ray in pregnancy | 1 (+ other factors) | |
| (4) Uterine bleeding during pregnancy | 4 (+ other factors) | |
| (5) Toxaemia | 4 (+ other factors) | |
| (6) Mother over 40 years of age | 1 (+ other factors) | |
| (7) Anaesthesia in pregnancy | 2 (+ other factors) | |
| PERINATAL | (8) Abnormal, prolonged or assisted delivery | 11 (+ other factors) |
| (9) Birth weight under 4 lbs. (no other abnormality) | 1 (+ other factors) | |
| (10) Birth anoxia (blue or white colour) | 5 (+ other factors) | |
| POST-NATAL | (ll) Jaundice | 1 (+ other factors) |
| (12) Convulsions | 4 (-) | |
| (13) Prolonged poor sucking | 1 (-) | |
No abnormalities have been found so far in cases of:—
(i) Rhesus Sensitivity
(ii) Virus infection in pregnancy
(iii) Maternal Diabetes
(iv) Severe Hydramnios
(v) Multiple pregnancy
and also, of 57 mothers over the age of 40 years, only 1 case
showed abnormality and that was a Mongol child.
Examples of Numbers of Certain Abnormalities
Type of abnormality No. of cases
1. Talipes or abnormality of digits 17
2. Hare lip + or - cleft palate
3. Congenital heart 3
4. Mongol infant 8