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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
Barking 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE 3 - Aetiology or factors associated with handicap in children admitted to Kingsley Hall.
| Aetiology or associated factor | No. | Aetiology or associated factor | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Mental Retardation | (d) Hearing Loss | ||
| Down's syndrome | 19 | Familial deafness | 1 |
| Mosaic Down's syndrome | 1 | Moebius syndrome | 1 |
| Deletion of short arm of chromosome 18 | 1 | Rubella syndrome | 3 |
| Postmeningitic deafness | 1 | ||
| Rubenstein - Taybi syndrome | 1 | Cause unassigned | 3 |
| Tay - Sach's disease | 1 | ||
| Rubella syndrome | 1 | (e) Visual Loss | |
| Toxoplasmosis | 1 | Congenital cateracts | 3 |
| Threatened abortion | 1 | Congenital corneal opacities | 1 |
| Antepartum haemorrhage | 1 | Congenital aniridia | 1 |
| Prematurity | 7 | Hydrocephalus | 1 |
| Birth asphyxia | 6 | Retrolental fibroplasia | 1 |
| Birth trauma | 3 | Retinoblastoma | 1 |
| Dysmaturity | 1 | Cause unassigned | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | ||
| Pseudohypoparathyroidism | 1 | (f) Speech Disorder | |
| Hypercalcaemia | 1 | Developmental delay | 3 |
| Autism | 3 | Mental retardation (E.S.N.) | l |
| Meningitis | 2 | Maladjustment | 1 |
| Motor accident | 1 | Motor dysphasia | 1 |
| Cause unassigned | 29 | ||
| (b) Cerebral Palsy | (g) Locomotor disorders | ||
| Prematurity | 5 | Muscular dystrophy | 2 |
| Thalidomide | 1 | ||
| Birth trauma | 4 | Poliomyelitis | 1 |
| Birth asphyxia | 2 | Still's disease | 1 |
| Rubella syndrome | 2 | ||
| Arrested hydrocephalus | 1 | ||
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 3 | ||
| Cause unassigned | 6 | ||
| (c) Other diseases of the Central Nervous System | |||
| Marcus Gunn syndrome (agenesis of 9th & 10th cranial nerve) | 1 | ||
| Epilepsy | 4 | ||
| Inoperable brain tumour | 1 | ||