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TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE
Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis:-
Pulmonary 9
Non-Pulmonary 2
Taking the total child population at 39,500, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 was 22.8, and the nonpulmonary
incidence rate 5.1. There were no deaths from tuberculosis.
While the non-pulmonary rate is the lowest on record, the
incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis shows an increase from last
year's record low figure. Our aim is a "nil" return for both
categories and for the indigenous population is capable of
achievement in the near future.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN SCHOOL CHILDREN
The number of deaths and the death rate are the lowest ever
recorded. For comparison is set out the same item for 1948, which
was not an abnormal year. It is deaths from the infectious, and
rheumatic heart, diseases which have disappeared over the last
decade. (For comparison the figures for 1908 are also included).
Leukaemia and cancer deaths in school children show no
increases as far as local figures are concerned, which perhaps
allays certain fears connected with the increased interest in
radiation background.
For table re deaths in school children see Appendix C.