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 Redbridge]
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Number of Abnormal Cases | ||
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GENETIC | (1) Family History of congenital abnormality | 1 (+ other factors) |
PRE-NATAL | (2) Illnesses necessitating the use of certain drugs during pregnancy | 6 (+ other factors) |
(3) Abdominal or pelvic X-ray in pregnancy | 1 (+ other factors) | |
(4) Uterine bleeding during pregnancy | 4 (+ other factors) | |
(5) Toxaemia | 4 (+ other factors) | |
(6) Mother over 40 years of age | 1 (+ other factors) | |
(7) Anaesthesia in pregnancy | 2 (+ other factors) | |
PERINATAL | (8) Abnormal, prolonged or assisted delivery | 11 (+ other factors) |
(9) Birth weight under 4 lbs. (no other abnormality) | 1 (+ other factors) | |
(10) Birth anoxia (blue or white colour) | 5 (+ other factors) | |
POST-NATAL | (ll) Jaundice | 1 (+ other factors) |
(12) Convulsions | 4 (-) | |
(13) Prolonged poor sucking | 1 (-) |
No abnormalities have been found so far in cases of:—
(i) Rhesus Sensitivity
(ii) Virus infection in pregnancy
(iii) Maternal Diabetes
(iv) Severe Hydramnios
(v) Multiple pregnancy
and also, of 57 mothers over the age of 40 years, only 1 case
showed abnormality and that was a Mongol child.
Examples of Numbers of Certain Abnormalities
Type of abnormality No. of cases
1. Talipes or abnormality of digits 17
2. Hare lip + or - cleft palate
3. Congenital heart 3
4. Mongol infant 8