London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Croydon 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES
No. registered in 1972 - 134, of these125 were live-births
8 were still-births 8 died
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | TOTALS | OVERALL TOTALS | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Nervous | System | eye, tar | Alimentary | System I | Heart and | (jreat vessels | Respiratory | System | Uro-genital | System | Limbs | Other | Skeletal | Other | systems | Other Ma!- | formations | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | M | F | |||
| LIVE | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 11 | 8 | 12 | - | - | 14 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 57 | 125 | |
| STILL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BIRTHS | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| DEATHS | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| TOTALS | 6 | 13 | 3 | - | 12 | 8 | 1 2 | - | - | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 74 | 67 | 134 | |
CAUSES OF DEATH OR ST ILL-BIRTH
Col. 1. Anencephalus 2
Spina Bifida 1
Hydrocephalus 1
Col. 2. Nil
Col. 3. Malformations of alimentary system 1
Col. 4. Nil
Col. 5. Nil
Col. 6. Malformations of uro-genital organs
(cardiac failure) 1
Col. 7/8/9. Nil
Col. 10. pneumonia 1
ISSUE OF WELFARE FOODS FOR 1972
National Dried Milk 14,679
Vitamin A.D & C Drops 20,624
Vitamin A.D & C Tablets 3,367
Orange Juice 26,804
(Disco nti nued)