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Uncleanliness.
Number of children inspected for Cleanliness (first
inspection) 61,236
Number of children inspected (subsequent inspections)
3,926
Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 1,117
(2,044 occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 1,544
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 159 and
nits alone in 1,885 children. On these inspections, 3.3 per cent.
of the children showed evidence of infestation as against 4.1 in
1946.
Tuberculosis in Children of School Age.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1947-
Number of cases under observation at beginning
of 1947 391
Number of cases added during year 40
Number of cases discharged from observation
during the year 7
Number of cases under observation at the end
of 1947 424
Taking the total school population as 32,963, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incidence rate was 30.3 per 100,000. There was one
death from pulmonary tuberculosis. There were no deaths from
non-pulmonary tuberculosis, while the incidence rate was 42.5.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
School population 32,963.
Number of deaths 19, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.6
per 1,000.
The deaths were due to:
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) 1
Diphtheria 1
Acute Poliomyelitis 1