[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Reading County Borough.

  • Reading (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Reading County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A limentary Cleft palate/lip . 6 Intestinal atresia 1 Rectal atresia . 2 (c) Phenylketonuria Arrangements for testing for Phenylketonuria have continued as in previous years, two tests being made—one at 14 days and one at 6 weeks. 2,284 babies were so tested, again with no positive results. (d) Register of Handicapped Pre-School Children This Register has continued to serve its intended purpose of providing up-to-date information on children who have a handicap which is likely to influence their educational requirements. There are at present 284 children on the register with a diagnostic classification as below:— Blind and partially sighted and other notable eye defects 16 Perceptive deafness ....... 3 Conductive deafness ....... 4 Mongolism ........ 13 Severe subnormality ....... 17 Mental subnormality ....... 45 Cerebral palsy . . . . . . . 17 Notable Epilepsy ....... 22 Congenital heart disease ...... 36 Orthopaedic abnormalities ...... 36 Other abnormalities (metabolic diseases, speech disorders, other congenital abnormalities, etc.) ... 75 Total . 284 (e) Infantile Mortality, Stillbirths and Peri-natal Mortality Rate The following table gives the figures since 1949:— I.M.R. S.B.R. P.N.R. 1949 26.20 21.42 36.57 1950 26.10 22.75 38.84 1951 28.95 20.19 34.91 1952 23.19 26.52 34.98 1953 19.70 22.75 32.67 1954 29.20 17.28 33.39 1955 23.60 23.00 37.48 1956 18.13 18.00 30.01 1957 20.90 25.20 38.07 1958 21.78 19.86 34.26 1959 19.18 20.28 31.16 1960 20.35 17.14 29.52 1961 18.26 15.29 25.63 1962 20.36 19.52 31.06 1963 19.31 22.24 30.21 1964 21.81 17.15 32.74 1965 20.61 17.86 30.95 The table on page 38 gives the cause of death of infants during the first year of life.