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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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CHILDREN ON OBSERVATION REGISTER
| Category | Year of Birth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | |
| Pre-Natal | |||||
| Rubella or virus infection | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Blood incompatibility | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Ante Partum Haemorrhage | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Toxaemia | 2 | 20 | 33 | ||
| X-ray | 13 | ||||
| Thyrotoxicosis | 1 | 1 | |||
| Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Other complications of Pregnancy | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Psychiatric illness | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Peri-Natal | |||||
| Prolonged or difficult labour | 21 | 167 | 202 | ||
| Post Maturity | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Birth Weight under 5 lbs | 5 | 53 | 45 | ||
| Gestation under 36 weeks | |||||
| Foetal distress | 2 | 49 | 104 | ||
| Birth Asphyxia | 3 | ||||
| Prolonged poor sucking | 5 | 5 | 25 | ||
| Post Natal | |||||
| Jaundice | 8 | 26 | 55 | ||
| Convulsions | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Respiratory Distress | 12 | 18 | |||
| Cyanotic attacks | |||||
| Congenital Abnormality | 35 | 33 | 45 | 53 | 51 |
| Genetic | |||||
| Family History deaf or blind | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| Other | 1 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 11 |
| General | |||||
| Socio Economic | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Other | 11 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 50 | 65 | 130 | 447 | 618 |
| Grand Total: 1,310 | |||||