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Number of children inspected (subsequent
inspections) 768
Number of children found unclean (first
inspection) (596 occasions of infestation) 363
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 154
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 35 and nits
alone in 561 children. On these inspections 0.6 per cent. of the
children showed evidence of infestation as against 0.9 in 1954.
46 children attended the Cleansing Station for treatment.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE
Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis-
Pulmonary 8
Non-Pulmonary 3
Taking the total child population at 37,200, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 was 21.5, and the nonpulmonary
incidence rate 8.1. There was one death from tuberculosis.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN SCHOOL CHILDREN
Child population, 37, 200. (Registrar General's estimate)
Number of deaths 14, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.38
per 1,000.