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The infant is then either discharged from the Register or kept under
observation at the examining Medical Officer's discretion.
Auditory Screening is routinely carried out on all infants before
discharge. The use of the Labstix for Urinalysis is shortly to be combined
with, or replaced by the Guthrie Test and the use of the Apgar
Scoring System is proving most effective in ensuring greater accuracy
in, and compatible methods of, recording clinical details.
III. ANALYSIS OF FIGURES - During 1968 1967 1966
(1) (i) Number admitted to Register 1011 1056 1255
(ii) Total number of children on Register
at end of year 2525 2060 1192
(iii) Number of children removed from
Register during 12/12 ended 31st
December, 1968 389 122 28
At 31.12.68 At 31.12.67 At 31.12.66
(2) (iv) Corrected number of births 3557 3873
(v) % Live Births considered to be "At
Risk" 29.7% 32.3%
(vi) Total number of children registered as
handicapped during the period 1.1.66
— 31.12.68 (whether "on" or "off" the
Observation Register) 182
(vii) Total on Register from 1.1.66 —
31.12.68 found to have handicaps 60
(viii) Total on Register from 1.1.68 -
31.12.68 found to have handicaps. 9
It is interesting to note, therefore, that the number of children
outside The Register found to have handicaps during the period
1.1.66 — 31.12.68 = 162, i.e. only 33% of children registered as
handicapped in the past three years had been included on the
Observation Register.
IV. SOURCES OF NOTIFICATION OF HANDICAPPED INFANTS-
1. Birth Registration 107
2. General Practitioners —
3. Hospitals 37
4. Health Visitors 22
5. Infant Welfare Clinics 4
6. Transfers in 7 177
7. Other sources 5
182 cases