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Observation Register
882 cases born in 1967 were notified, of whom 6 had been transferred to the handicap
register at 31st December, 1967.
Handicap Register
The table below is an analysis of notifications in 1967 and relates to children born in
that year. 49 cases were placed on the register in 1967 of whom 6 had been transferred from the
observation register. 20 had been notified through the scheme for reporting malformations at
birth. 17 were subsequently removed from the register due to change of address, or death.
Mongol 1
Hydrocephalus 1
Mental retardation
(physically normal) 2
Spina Bifida 11
Congenital disease of
the heart 2
Sickle Cell Anaemia 1
Hirschsprung's Disease 1
Cleft Pala te and Hare Lip 3
Talipes 10
Congenital Dislocation of
Hips 3
Imperforate and Ectopic
Anus 2
Ectopic bladder 1
Hypospadias 4
Deaf 1
Multiple Defects 1
Dual Defects 5
In addition to the aforementioned 49 children, the names of 24 children born in 1966 whose
handicaps were not apparent in that year were added to the register in 1967. The total number on
the handicap register at the end of 1967 was 214.
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 of whom he has received
information of a malformation observed at birth.
In 1967, 62 cases were notified; of this number 30 were mild and remediable, e.g. vestigial
digits, or mild talipes. Five died soon after birth. Details of the remaining cases are as follows:
Still Births
Anencephaly 2
Hydrocephalus 1
Myelomeningocele 1
Multiple defects 1
Premature Infant
macerated 1
Rhesus isoimmunisation
Bone deformity 1
Talipes
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