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COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT CENTRE
Further informal meetings were held during the year with the consultant
staff of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney
Road, E.2. about the development of the proposed Assessment Centre/Day
Centre. Approval was sought for a grant under Phase 4 of the Urban Aid
Programme to cover the cost of the services of a local authority Medical
Officer and Health Visitor needed for the project which was however
subsequently not granted. The Department of Health approved the proposal
for the Centre in principle and plans were drawn up. It was decided
that the Social Services Department and the Inner London Education
Authority should be invited to a meeting to discuss their involvement
and possible contribution to the project.
CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES
The notifications to the Registrar General of congenital
abnormalities detectable at birth continued during 1971.
During the year 77 abnormalities were detected among 64 babies
and details are set out below.
Anencephaly 7 Defects of urogenital system 7
Hydrocephalus 4 Defects of muscles (including
Spina Bifida 8 umbilical hernia) 3
Defects of ear 2 Defects of hips and limbs 3
Defects of alimentary system 3
Cleft lip and palate 4
Mongolism 1
Reduction deformities 1
Defects of the respiratory
Polydactyly and system 1
Syndactyly 13
Defects of the heart and
Talipes 16 circulatory system 1
Chondrodystrophy 1 Other and unspecified
congenital malfunctions 2
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DENTAL SERVICE
During 1971 a total of 405 sessions was devoted to the dental care
of pregnant and nursing mothers, and children under the age of five
years. Of these, 84 sessions were devoted to dental health education
of mothers bringing their children to toddlers' clinics.