Location | Diagnosis |
99th Street | Congenital deafness Reflux of ureters Cleft palate, heart defects Club foot |
Wet Area | Prolapsed mitral valve Hydronephrosis Three ears (1 case) Turned down ears Absent kidney Hydrocephalus Club foot Web toes (3 cases) |
Dry Area | Inverted testicle Absent teeth Extra toe Ureteral obstruction Disaccharide deficiency No diaphragm Retarded, eye and teeth defects |
North of Colbin Boulevard | Hypospadias Deformed kidney Incomplete lip Hydrocephalus Down syndrome Diaphragmatic hernia Immature lungs Hip dysplasia |
There was not a clear cut pattern of birth defects noted with the exception of Web Toes.
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It turned out that the cases of web toes were restricted to one family and are presumably a familial genetic phenomenon not associated with the canal wastes.
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Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health (DOH) - Modules 3: Occupational Medicine & Toxicology (Basic) by Profs Mohamed Jeebhay and Rodney Ehrlich, Health Sciences UCT is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License. Major contributors: Mohamed Jeebhay, Rodney Ehrlich, Jonny Myers, Leslie London, Sophie Kisting, Rajen Naidoo, Saloshni Naidoo. Source available from here. For any updates to the material, or more permissions beyond the scope of this license, please email healthoer@uct.ac.za or visit www.healthedu.uct.ac.za.
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