Plastic Surgery: Harelip and Cleft Palate

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IT IS estimated that congenital clefts of the face occur once in 900 live births. This is the generally accepted factor in an area with a predominantly white population. Davis,1 in Baltimore, reported an incidence in the Negro population half as great as that in the white race (1:1788). In Wisconsin,2 where all congenital anomalies are recorded within thirty days after birth, the reported incidence is 1 in 770 births.¶ On the basis of these figures, it is calculated that approximately 270 babies with harelip or cleft palate or both are born annually in the six New England states. The . . .