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Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 805
(1,707 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 1,239
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 90 and nits
alone in 1,627 children. On these inspections 2.6 per cent. of the
children showed evidence of infestation as against 2.9 in 1948.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1949:—
Number of cases under observation at beginning
of 1949 175
Number of cases added during year 43
Number of cases discharged from observation during
the year 7
Number of cases under observation at the end of
1949 211
Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary 13
Non-Pulmonary 8
Taking the total child population as 35,416, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 was 36.7, and the non-pulmonary
incidence rate 22.6. There were two deaths from
pulmonary tuberculosis and two deaths from non-pulmonary
tuberculosis.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Child population, 35,416.
Number of deaths 19, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.54
per 1,000.
The deaths were due to :
Tuberculous Meningitis 2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 2
Whooping Cough 1
Malignant Disease of Brain 1
Malignant Disease of Lymphatic Glands 1
Pneumonia 1
Leukaemia 2
Chronic Nephritis 1
Appendicitis 2
Meningeal Infection 1
Road Traffic Accidents 3
Shocks and Burns (open verdict) 2