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Mongol 4( 4)
Educationally/ Severely
Sub-Normal 23(15)
Spina Bifida 4( 2)
Congenital Heart Disease 10( 9)
Hare Lip - Cleft Palate 4( 6)
Talipes 3( 7)
Abnormalities of GenitoUrinary
Tract 10( 9)
Limb Abnormalities 4( 10)
Delayed Speech 3( 1)
Disease of Blood 4( 3)
" " Nervous System 9( 1)
Cretin -( 1)
Coliac Disease 1( 2)
Deaf & Partial Hearing 3( 4)
Eye Defects 5( 3)
Cystic Fibrosis 1( 1)
Spastic 4(2)
Epilepsy 6( 3)
Skin Diseases 1( 1)
Cerebral Palsy 2( 1)
As thma 4( 1)
Multiple Defects 4( 5)
Other -( 12)
In addition to the aforementioned 109 children, the names of 3 children
born in 1968 whose handicaps were not apparent in that year were
added to the register in 1969. The total number on the handicap register
at the end of 1969 was 322,
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 of the 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.
In 1969 40(43) cases were notified; of this number 2(16) were mild and
remediable, e.g. vestigial digits, or mild talipes. 2(4) died soon after
birth. Details of the remaining cases are as follows:
Still births
Anencephaly 2( 2)
Myelomeningocele 1( 1)
Mongol Features 1( 1)
Live Births
Hydrocephalus 2( 2)
Spina Bifida 5( 2)
Congenital disease of These 36 (27) children are
the heart 1( 1)
Cleft Palate and Hare all under the care of hos-
Lip 4( 4)
Talipes 6(8) pitals and their names are
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