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Uncleanliness.
Number of children inspected for Cleanliness (first
inspection) 55,174
Number of children inspected (subsequent inspections)
3,606
Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 1,294
(2,256 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 1,260
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 176 and
nits alone in 2,079 children. On these inspections, 4.1 per cent.
of the children showed evidence of infestation as against 4.4 in
1945.
Tuberculosis in Children of School Age.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1946—
Number of cases under observation at beginning
of 1946 390
Number of cases added during year 6
Number of cases discharged from observation
during the year 5
Number of cases under observation at the end
of 1946 391
Taking the total school population as 29,360, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incidence rate was 37.5 per 100,000. There were two
deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis. There were no deaths from
non-pulmonary tuberculosis, while the incidence rate was 37.5.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
School population 29,360.
Number of deaths 16, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.5
per 1,000.
The deaths were due to:
Tuberculosis 2
Diphtheria 1
Acute Encephalitis 1