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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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INCIDENCE OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES

Table: The notification and classification of congenital abnormalities apparent in children at birth continued during the year, the following defects being noted in 30 babies:-

The notification and classification of congenital abnormalities apparent in children at birth continued during the year, the following defects being noted in 30 babies:-

Central Nervous System
Anencephalus1
Hydrocephalus2
Spina bifida4
Eye and Ear
Accessory auricle2
Alimentary System
Cleft Lip1
Cleft palate1
Rectal and Anal Atresia and Stenosis1
Urino-genital System
Hypospadias, epispadias1
Limbs
Polydactyly2
Syndactyly1
Talipes8
Unspecified limb malformations1
Other Systems
Other unspecified malformations of muscles skin and fascia1
Pigmented naevus2
Exomphalos Omphalocele1
excluding umbilical hernia
Other Malformations
Down's syndrome (mongolism)3
Other syndromes specified due to chromosomal abnormality1