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Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 682
(97G occasions of infestation).
Number of occasions in which children found unclean
(subsequent inspections) 1,116
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 50 and nits
alone in 926 children. On these inspections 1.5 per cent, of the
children showed evidence of infestation as against 1.7 in 1950.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Contacts among school children kept under supervision
during 1951:—
Number of cases under observation at beginning of
1951 242
Number of cases added during year 51
Number of cases discharged from observation during
the year 14
Number of cases under observation at the end of 1951 279
Number of cases of Notified Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary 10
Non-Pulmonary 6
Taking the total child population at 34,954, the pulmonary
tuberculosis incident rate per 100,000 was 28.6, and the nonpulmonary
incidence rate 17.2. There were no deaths from
pulmonary tuberculosis and two from non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Child population, 34,954.
Number of deaths 13, which is equal to a death-rate of 0.37
per 1,000.