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Observation Register
1072 cases born in 1966 were notified, of whom at 31st. December, 4 had been transferred
to the handicap register.
Handicap Register
The table below is an analysis of notifications in 1966 and relates to children born in
that year. 37 cases were placed on the register in 1966, of whom 4 had been transferred
from the observation register, and 13 had been notified through the scheme for reporting
congenital malformations. 10 were subsequently removed from the register due to change
of address or death.
Mongol 6
Hydrocephalus 1
Mental Retardation 1
Brain damage (Spastic) 1
Spina Bifida 6
Congenital Disease of the Heart 11
Fibrocystic Disease of Pancreas 1
Hirschsprungs Disease 1
Cleft Palate 4
Talipes 4
Cataract 1
In addition to the aforementioned 37 children, the names of 11 children born in 1965,
whose handicaps were not apparent in that year, were added to the handicap register in 1966. The
total number on the handicap register at the end of 1966 was 248.
Scheme for Reporting Congenital Malformations
The scheme rests on information being sent to the Medical Officer of Health by the
doctor or midwife notifying a birth, as required by Section 203, Public Health Act, 1936, of any
malformation of the child observable at birth. The Medical Officer of Health is required to return
to the General Register Office a standard form for every child living in his area in whose case he
has received information of a malformation observed at birth. The scheme worked successfully in
1966 when 61 cases were notified. Of this number 37 were mild and remediable, e.g. vestigial
digits, or mild talipes. 8 died soon after birth. Details of the remaining cases were as follows:-
Stillbirths
2 cases of anencephaly
1 case of pulmonary hypoplasia
Live Births
2 cases of talipes
2 cases of mongolism
4 cases of spina bifida
3 cases of cleft palate
2 cases of congenital heart disease
The above 13 children are all under the care of hospitals and their names are on the
Borough's register of handicapped children.
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