London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Brent 1967
[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 118
(ii) Number of live births included in (i) above 102
(iii) Number of stillbirths included in (i) above 16
Macerated 2
Others 14
(iv) Number of children with multiple
malities 13
Table 11
Analysis of Malformations Notified
| Code No. | Classification | Number of cases | Code No. | Classification | Number of cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Central Nervous System | 5 | Uro-Genital System | ||
| .1 | Anencephalus | 6 | .2 | Polycystic kidney | 1 |
| .4 | Hydrocephalus | 4 | .6 | Hypospadius | 5 |
| .5 | Microcephalus | 2 | .9 | Indeterminate sex | 1 |
| .8 | Spina bifida | 4 | .0 | Defects of uro-genital system NOS | 1 |
| 1 | Eye, ear | ||||
| .5 | Other defects of eye | 3 | 6 | Limbs | |
| .9 | Other defects of ear | 4 | .3 | Polydactyly | 15 |
| .4 | Syndactyly | 9 | |||
| 2 | Alimentary system | .5 | Dislocation of Hip | 5 | |
| .1 | Cleft lip | 6 | .6 | Talipes | 32 |
| .2 | Cleft palate | 5 | .0 | Defects of upper limbs NOS | 2 |
| .9 | Other defects of alimentary system | 1 | .1 | Defects of lower limbs NOS | 5 |
| 8 | Other systems | ||||
| 3 | Heart and Great Vessels | .2 | Defects of muscles | 1 | |
| .9 | Other defects of heart and great vessels | 2 | 9 | Other malformations | |
| .6 | Mongolism | 1 | |||
| .7 | Other chromosomal syndromes | 3 |
Table 12
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
| Deliveries attended:— | |
| Doctor not booked, doctor present | 7 |
| Doctor not booked, doctor not present | 34 |
| Doctor booked, doctor present | 168 |
| Doctor booked, doctor not present | 300 |
| Number of home booked cases transferred to hospital before confinement | 134 |
| Cases in which analgesia was administered:— | |
| Gas and air | 4 |
| Trilene | 350 |
| Pethilorfan | 209 |
| Number of times Emergency Transfusion Service used | 9 |
| Visits paid:— | |
| Ante-natal | 5,447 |
| During labour | 841 |
| Nursing domiciliary confinements | 7,453 |
| Nursing institutional discharges | 2,221 |
| Clinic Sessions Attended:— | |
| Ante-natal | 605 |
| General practitioners' clinics | 28 |
| Relaxation | 42 |
| Mothercraft | 52 |
| Number of cases in which medical aid was called by midwife | 59 |