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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
Ealing 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Infant Deaths. Total, 11.
| Prematurity | 8 |
| Congenital heart (antepartum haemorrhage in mother). | 1 |
| Intracranial injury and atalectasis (following prolonged but normal labour). | 1 |
| Atalectasis | 1 |
Abnormalities in Infants born alive and discharged.
| Congenital heart | 2 |
| Convulsions | 1 |
| Multiple deformities, Klippel-Feil disease | 1 |
| Melaena neonatorum | 1 |
| Icterus neonatorum (severe) | 2 |
| Tracheal obstruction | 1 |
| Talipes | 5 |
| Tongue-tie | 2 |
| Cephal-haematoma | 5 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. No cases occurred.
Infants transferred to other Hospitals.
To Vincent Square Infants' Hospital.
Multiple deformities, Klippel-Feil disease 1
Dr. J. W. Rait Bell, the consulting obstetrician, was called
in on 14 occasions during the year.