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that interested family doctors in association
with the health visitor will cake on more of
this work in health centres as part of family
medical care providing routine supervision
of children under 5 years in their practices.
Welfare Foods
National welfare foods and approved proprietary
preparations are stocked at child welfare
centres for sale or if the need is proved for
free issue During the vear £12 895 was
received for the sale of proprietary preparations
The quantities of national welfare foods
issued were
National dried milk (tins) 6 418
Orange juice (bottles) 66 996
Vitamin tablets (packets) 3 017
Cod liver oil (bottles) 2 155
Notification of congenital defects apparent at
birth
Since 1st January 1964 it has been a statutory
requirement that all congenital malformations
apparent at birth be notified to the medical
officer of health at the same time as the
notification of birth The names of children so
notified are included in the department's
observation register as children at risk, and
particulars are also sent each month to the
Department of Health and Social Security. The
following is a list of defects notified during
1970.
Central nervous system
Anencephalus 5
Spina bifida 3
Hydrocephalus 1
Microcephalus 1
Other specified malformations of
brain or spinal cord 2
Eye and ear
Other specified malformations of eye 1
Alimentary system
Cleft lip 6
Cleft palate 8
Other specified malformations of
alimentary system 1
Heart and circulatory system
Specified malformations of heart
and circulatory system 2
Unspecified malformations of
heart and circulatory system 1
Respiratory system
Other specified malformations of
respiratory system 1
Urino-genital system
Indeterminate sex and true
hermaphroditism 1
Hypospadias epispadias 3
Undescended testicle 1
Limbs
Polydactyly 1
Syndactyly 4
Reduction deformity hand or arm 1
Reduction deformity leg or foot 1
Talipes 5
Congenital dislocation of hip 1
Other specified malformations of
leg or pelvis 1
Unspecified limb malformations 1
Other parts of muscolo-skeletal system
Other malformations of musculoskeletal
system (including congenital
hernias except hiatus hernia) 5
Other systems
Other malformations of face and
neck 1
Exomphalos, omphalocele (excluding
umbilical hernia) 1
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