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Croydon 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Number of children found unclean (first inspection 529
(802 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found unclean
(subsequent inspections) 754
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 53 and nits
alone in 749 children. On these inspections 1.1 per cent, of the
children showed evidence of infestation as against 1.5 in 1951.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision during 1952: —
| Number of cases under observation at beginning of 1952 | 168 |
| Number of cases added during year | 31 |
| Number of cases discharged from observation during the year | 4 |
| Number of cases under observation at the end of 1952 | 195 |
| Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis— | |
| Pulmonary | 15 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 2 |
Taking the total child population at 35,144, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incident rate per 100,000 was 42.9, and the nonpulmonary
incidence rate 5.7. There were no deaths from
tuberculosis.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Child population, 35,144.
Number of deaths 17, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.4(5
per 1,000.
The deaths were due to
| Influenzal Meningitis | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 |
| Meningitis | 1 |
| Appendicitis | 3 |
| Encephalomyelitis | 1 |
| Chronic Nephritis | 1 |
| Malignant Disease | 2 |
| Cerebral Diplegia | 1 |
| Adenoidectomy | 1 |
| Intestinal Obstruction | 1 |
| Traffic Accidents | 4 |