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
Hillingdon 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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CHILDREN ON OBSERVATION REGISTER
CHILDREN ON OBSERVATION REGISTER
| Category | Year of Birth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | |
| Rubella or virus infection | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Blood incompatibility | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
| Ante Partum Haemorrhage | 2 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Toxaemia | 1 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 |
| X-ray | 2 | ||||
| Thyrotoxicosis | 2 | 2 | |||
| Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| Other complications of Pregnancy | 1 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Psychiatric illness | 2 | 1 | |||
| Prolonged or difficult labour | 5 | 8 | 17 | 139 | 154 |
| Post Maturity | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Birth Weight under 4 lbs | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 |
| Gestation under 36 weeks | 2 | 1 | 17 | 18 | |
| Foetal distress | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |
| Birth Asphyxia | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 18 |
| Prolonged poor sucking | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | |
| Jaundice | 3 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 42 |
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Respiratory Distress | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| Cyanotic attacks | |||||
| Congenital Abnormality | 45 | 59 | 56 | 62 | 67 |
| Family History deaf or blind | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
| Socio Economic | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Other | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 67 | 92 | 115 | 423 | 458 |
Grand Total: 1,155
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