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Croydon 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 728
(1,180 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 1,398
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 51 and nits
alone in 1,129 children. On these inspections 1.7 per cent. of the
children showed evidence of infestation as against 2.6 in 1949.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL ACE.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1950:—
Number of cases under observation at beginning of
1950 211
Number of cases added during year 42
Number of cases discharged from observation during
the year 11
Number of cases under observation at the end of
1950 242
Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary 8
Non-Pulmonary 5
Taking the total child population at 34,080, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 was 23.5, and the nonpulmonary
incidence rate 14.6. There were no deaths from
pulmonary tuberculosis or from non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Child population, 34,080.
Number of deaths 12, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.35 per 1,000.
The deaths were due to:
| Measles | 1 |
| Malignant Tumour of Tibia | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 2 |
| Leukæmia | 1 |
| Acute Lymphatic Leukæmia | 1 |
| Appendicitis | 1 |
| Meningeal Infection | 1 |
| Road Traffic Accidents | 1 |
| Mitral Stenosis | 1 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 |
| Salmonella Infection—open verdict | 1 |