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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
Brent 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
Table 10
Summary of Notifications
| (i) Number of notifications received during year | 90 |
| (ii) Number of live births included in (i) above | 80 |
| (iii) Number of stillbirths included in (i) above | 10 |
| (iv) Total number of malformations notified as apparent at birth | 74 |
| (v) Number of children with multiple abnormalities | 9 |
Table 11
Analysis of Malformations Notified
| Code No. | Classification | Number of cases | Code No. | Classification | Number of cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Central Nervous System | 6 | Limbs | ||
| .1 | Anencephalus | 6 | .3 | Polydactyly | 8 |
| .4 | Hydrocephalus | 5 | .4 | Syndactyly | 6 |
| .8 | Spina bifida | 6 | .5 | Dislocation of Hip | 3 |
| .9 | Other defects of spinal cord | 1 | .6 | Talipes | 18 |
| .7 | Defects of right arm | 1 | |||
| 1 | Eye, ear | .8 | Other defects of lower arm | 1 | |
| .9 | Other defects of ear | 1 | .1 | Defects of lower limbs NOS | 3 |
| 2 | Alimentary system | ||||
| .1 | Cleft lip | 4 | |||
| .2 | Cleft palate | 3 | 7 | Other skeletal | |
| .4 | Oesophageal atresia | 2 | .1 | Defects of face | 1 |
| .3 | Defects of spine | 2 | |||
| 3 | Heart and Great Vessels | .0 | Other defects of skeletal NOS | 2 | |
| .9 | Cardiac lesion | 1 | |||
| 5 | Uro-genital system | 8 | Other systems | ||
| .6 | Hypospadias | 6 | .9 | Exomphalos | 3 |
| .7 | Other defects | 1 | |||
| Defects of uro-genital system | |||||
| .0 | NOS | 4 | 9 | Other malformations | |
| .7 | Other chromosomal syndromes | 1 |
Table 12
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
| Deliveries attended:— | |
| Doctor not booked, doctor present | 13 |
| Doctor not booked, doctor not present | 42 |
| Doctor booked, doctor present | 209 |
| Doctor booked, doctor not present | 319 |
| Number of home booked cases transferred to hospital before confinement | 122 |
| Cases in which analgesia was administered:— | |
| Gas and air | 16 |
| Trilene | 372 |
| Pethilorfan | 271 |
| Number of times Emergency Transfusion Service used | 16 |
| Visits paid:— | |
| Ante-natal | 6,005 |
| During labour | 1,078 |
| Nursing domiciliary confinements | 8,860 |
| Nursing institutional discharges | 1,788 |
| Clinic Sessions Attended:— | |
| Ante-natal | 603 |
| General practitioners' clinics | 20 |
| Relaxation | 37 |
| Mothercraft | 33 |
| Number of cases in which medical aid was called by midwife | 121 |