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Causes of Death in Children of School Age.
Taking the school population as 25,704, the death rate per 1,000
in school children was 1.98.
There were 51 deaths in children of school age; those caused by
Infectious Diseases, 10; Pneumonia, 6; Tuberculosis, 6; Influenza,
3; Diseases of the Digestive System, 2; Diseases of the Respiratory
System, 2; other defined causes, 22.
In the Infectious Diseases Group the causes were: Diphtheria,
7 ; Typhoid Fever, 2; and Whooping Cough, 1.
Among other causes of death were violent deaths (accidents),
4; Rheumatic Fever, 3; Meningitis, 3; Mastoiditis, 2; and
Nephritis, 2.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
The usual arrangements for the medical examination of
secondary school children were continued in 1937; 1,850 children
were examined, 759 of whom were boys and 1,091 girls. Table II.
of Appendix gives the detailed findings. 123 boys (17.5 per cent.)
and 211 girls (19.3 per cent.) were found to require treatment, the
most usual defect being defective vision.
Although the figures are small, a table similar to that given for
elementary school children and relat:ng to heights and weights has
been included below.