[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STILL-BIRTHS.—The number of still-births registered as belonging to the Borough was 45. All still-births were investigated, and the causes of intra¬ uterine deaths were attributable to the following conditions: Multiple Congenital Deformities 3 Anencephalic . 7 Short cord . 1 Ante-partum Haemorrhage . 7 Premature separation of Placenta . 2 Prematurity. 3 Prolapsed Cord . 1 Hydrocephalus . 2 Cord around Body . 1 Toxaemia of Pregnancy . 2 Placenta Praevia . 2 Placental Insufficiency . 5 No apparent cause . 8 Mother Diabetic . 1 45 Congenital Abnormalities.—Congenital abnormalities noted in children i born within the Borough are notified to the Registrar General and to Alder : Hey Hospital where a congenital abnormality inquiry is being conducted ' by the Department of Child Health. During 1966 a total of 73 abnormalities , were noted in a total of 58 live and still-births. Six infants with congenital malformations were born at home and 1 these were notified to Alder Hey Hospital. The remaining 52 St. Helens infants (of whom 12 were still-births) with i congenital malformations were either born at Cowley Hill Maternity Hospital or Whiston Hospital and were notified to Alder Hey Hospital by the respective hospitals. 73 congenital malformations (61 in live births and 12 in still-births) occurred in St. Helens infants, and these were notified to the Ministry monthly by the Medical Officer of Health. The following tables give particulars of the site of the malformations and the months of birth throughout the year.