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
Brent 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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INCIDENCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATION
The total number of births notified in 1972 dropped by 9%.
The total number of congenital malformations dropped by 42. This is a real drop in notifications of
37% and is probably due in part to modern birth control services or abortion facilities being more freely
available.
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
(Table 6)
Summary of Notifications
| (i) Number of notifications received during the year | 54 | |
| (ii) Number of live births included in (i) above | 51 | |
| (iii) Number of stillbirths included in (i) above | 3 | |
| Macerated | 1 | |
| Others | 2 | |
| (iv) Number of children with multiple malformations | 3 | |
Table 6
Analysis of Malformations Notified
| Code No. | Classification | No. of Cases | Code No. | Classification | No. of Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Central Nervous System | 6 | Limbs | ||
| .1 | Anencephalus | 4 | .0 | Polydactyly | 7 |
| .8 | Spina Bifida | 6 | .1 | Syndactyly | 1 |
| .4 | Hydrocehphalus | 1 | .2 | Reduction deformity hand or arm | 1 |
| .6 | Other specified malformations | ||||
| of spine or spinal cord | 3 | .5 | Talipes | 11 | |
| 1 | Eye and Ear | .6 | Congenital dislocation of hip | 2 | |
| .6 | Unspecified malformations of ear | 1 | .9 | Unspecified limb malformations | 3 |
| 2 .2 | Alimentary System Cleft Palate | 2 | 7 | Other parts of Musculoskeletal system | |
| .4 | Tracheo - oesophageal fistula, oesophageal atresia stenosis | 1 | .2 | Malformations of spine-scoliosis curviture-lordosis, not otherwise stated | 1 |
| .9 | Other specified malformations of alimentary system | 1 | .5 | ||
| Chondrodystrophy | 1 | ||||
| .0 | Unspecified malformations of | 8 | Other Systems Exomphalos, omphalocele (excluding umbilical hernia) | 2 | |
| 5 | alimentary system Urino-genital system | 1 | .9 | ||
| .1 | Indeterminate sex and true hermaphroditism | 2 | .2 | Other unspecified malformations of muscles, skin and fascia | 1 |
| .3 | Hydrocele | 5 | |||
| .5 | Malformations of female vagina and external genitalia | 1 | 9 | Other malformations | 1 |
| .6 | Down's sydrome (Mongolism) Other specified syndromes | 1 | |||
| .8 |