Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 9
Congenital malformations reported | ||
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0.1 | Anencephalus | 4 |
0.4 | Hydrocephalus | 4 |
0.5 | Microcephalus | 2 |
0.6 | Other defects of brain | 1 |
0.8 | Spina Bifida | 9 |
0.9 | Other defects of spinal cord | 1 |
Total: Central Nervous System | 21 | |
1.5 | Other defects of eye | 1 |
1.7 | Defects of ear causing impairment of hearing | 1 |
1.8 | Accessory auricle | 6 |
1.9 | Other defects of ear | 2 |
Total: Ear and Eye | 10 | |
2.1 | Cleft Lip | 4 |
2.2 | Cleft Palate | 5 |
2.3 | Hiatus Hernia | 1 |
2.7 | Rectal and anal atresia | 1 |
Total: Alimentary system | 11 | |
3.0 | Congenital heart disease (not otherwise specified) | 11 |
3.6 | Intraventricular septal defect | 4 |
3.7 | Persistent ductus arterious | 2 |
3.8 | Endocardial fibroelastosis | 3 |
Total: Heart and great vessels | 20 | |
Total: Respiratory system | Nil | |
5.0 | Defects of uro-genital system (not otherwise specified) | 2 |
5.2 | Polycystic kidney, all forms | 2 |
5.6 | Hypospadias, epispadias | 4 |
5.7 | Other defects of male genitalia | 7 |
5.8 | Defects of female genitalia (includes female pscudo-hermaphroditism) | 1 |
Total: Uro-genital system | 16 | |
6.2 | Reduction deformities (amelia, hemimelia, phocomelia, etc.) | 1 |
6.3 | Polydactyly | 12 |
6.4 | Syndactyly | 1 |
6.5 | Dislocation of hip | 3 |
6.6 | Talipes | 34 |
6.8 | Other defects of hand | 5 |
Total: Limbs | 56 | |
7.1 | Defects of skull and face | 2 |
7.3 | Other defects of spine | 1 |
7.5 | Chrondrodystrophy | 1 |
Total: Other skeletal | 4 | |
8.1 | Other defects of the face and neck | 1 |
8.2 | Defects of muscles | 1 |
8.3 | Vascular defects of skin, subcutaneous tissues, and mucous mem branes (including lymphatic defects) | 3 |
8.4 | Other defects of skin (including ichthyosis congenita) | 3 |
8.7 | Defects of spleen | 1 |
8.9 | Exomphalos, omphalocele | 1 |
Total: Other systems | 10 | |
9.6 | Mongolism | 8 |
Total: Other malformations | 8 |
Table 10
Congenital malformations reported: by parity | |
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Parity | Number of children |
0 | 34 |
1 | 40 |
2 | 27 |
3 | 17 |
4 | 7 |
5 | 1 |
6 | 3 |
7 | 1 |
8 | — |
9 | — |
10 | 1 |
131 |