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Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 387
(749 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found unclean
(subsequent inspections) 246
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 41 and nits
alone in 708 children. On these inspections 1.8 per cent. of the
children showed evidence of infestation as against 1.1 in 1952.
57 children attended the Cleansing Station for treatment.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1953 : —
Number of cases under observation at beginning of
1953 195
Number of cases added during year none
Number of cases discharged from observation during
the year 43
Number of cases under observation at the end of 1953 152
Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary 10
Non-Pulmonary 3
Taking the total child population at 35,700, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incident rate per 100,000 was 28.0, and the nonpulmonary
incidence rate 8.4. There were no deaths from
tuberculosis.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN AGED 5-14 YEARS
Child population, 35,700.
Number of deaths 14, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.39
per 1,000.