Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |