London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Brent 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS Table 9 Summary of Notifications
| (i) Number of notifications received during year | 112 |
| (ii) Number of live births included in (i) above | 103 |
| (iii) Number of stillbirths included in (i) above | 9 |
| Macerated 2 | |
| Others 7 | |
| (iv) Number of children with multiple malformations | 11 |
Table 10
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 | .0 | Polydactyly | 9 |
| .4 | Hydrocephalus | 4 | .1 | Syndactyly | 1 |
| .5 | Microcephalus | 1 | .5 | Talipes | 27 |
| .8 | Spina bifida | 4 | .6 | Congenital discolation of hip | 3 |
| .7 | Unspecified malformations of upper limb or shoulder | 6 | |||
| 1 | Eye and Ear | ||||
| .9 | Other specified malformations of ear | 2 | .8 | Unspecified malformations of leg or pelvis | 7 |
| 2 | Alimentary system | 8 | Other systems | ||
| .1 | Cleft lip | 2 | .1 | Other malformations of face and neck | 3 |
| .2 | Cleft palate | 3 | |||
| .3 | Pigmented naevus | 1 | |||
| 3 | Heart and Great Vessels | .6 | Unspecified malformations of hair, nails or teeth | 1 | |
| .0 | Unspecified malformations of heart and great vessels | 2 | |||
| .9 | Exomphalos | 1 | |||
| .9 | Specified malformations of heart and great vessels | 2 | |||
| 9 | Other malformations | ||||
| .0 | Unspecified congenital malformations | 4 | |||
| 5 | Uro-genital system | ||||
| .0 | Unspecified malformations of uro-genital organs | 4 | |||
| .5 | Other syndromes specified due to chromosomal abnormatity | 4 | |||
| .1 | Indeterminate sex | 1 | |||
| .2 | Undescended testicle | 1 | .6 | Downs syndrome (mongolism) | 1 |
| .3 | Hydrocele | 2 | |||
| .5 | Malformations of female vagina and external genitalia | 2 | |||
| .7 | Nypospadius | 8 |
Table 11 MIDWIFERY SERVICE
| Deliveries attended:— | |
|---|---|
| Doctor not booked, doctor present | 13 |
| Doctor not booked, doctor not present | 30 |
| Doctor booked, doctor present | 130 |
| Doctor booked, doctor not present | 197 |
| Number of home booked cases transferred to hospital before confinement | 64 |
| Cases in which analgesia was administered:— | |
| Gas and air | 31 |
| Trilene | 235 |
| Pethilorfan | 128 |
| Number of times Emergency Transfusion Service used | 7 |
| Visits paid:— | |
| Ante-natal | 4,865 |
| During labour | 742 |
| Nursing domiciliary confinements | 5,901 |
| Nursing institutional discharges | 2,807 |
| Clinic Sessions Attended:— | |
| Ante-natal | 834 |
| General practitioners' clinics | 8 |
| Relaxation | 42 |
| Mothercraft | 32 |
| Number of cases in which medical aid was called by midwife | 27 |