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Uncleanliness.
Number of children inspected for Cleanliness (first
inspection) 7,529
Number of children inspected (subsequent inspections)
2,669
Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 1,223
(2,089 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 903
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 211 and
nils alone in 1,878 children. On these inspections, 4.4 per cent.
of the children showed evidence of infestation as against 3.8 in
1944.
Tuberculosis in Children of School Age.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1945—
Number of cases under observation at beginning
of 1945 371
Number of cases added during year 24
Number of cases discharged from observation
during the year 5
Number of cases under observation at the end of 1945 390
Taking the total Local Authority school population as 23,984,
the pulmonary tuberculosis incidence rate was 37.5 per 100,000.
There were no deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis. For nonpulmonary
tuberculosis the mortality rate was 10.7 and the incidence
rate 83.4.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
School population 31,000.
Number of deaths 22, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.7
per 1,000.
The deaths were due to:
Tuberculosis 4
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 1
Diphtheria 1
Dysentery 1