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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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| Category | Year of Birth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
| Rubella or virus infection | 3 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Blood incompatibility | 1 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Ante Partum Haemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |
| Toxaemia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 22 |
| X-ray | 1 | ||||
| Thyrotoxicosis | 2 | 1 | |||
| Diabetes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other complications of Pregnancy | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Psychiatric illness | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Prolonged or difficult labour | 5 | 3 | 15 | 145 | 174 |
| Post Maturity | 6 | 4 | |||
| Birth Weight under 5 lbs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 29 |
| Gestation under 36 weeks | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | |
| Foetal distress | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | |
| Birth Asphyxia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 30 |
| Prolonged poor sucking | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | |
| Jaundice | 2 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 31 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
| Respiratory Distress | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Cyanotic attacks | |||||
| Congenital Abnormality | 68 | 53 | 47 | 75 | 49 |
| Family History deaf or blind | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Other | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Socio Economic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Other | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Total | 94 | 80 | 113 | 472 | 457 |
| 1,216 | |||||