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CAUSES OF DEATH IN SCHOOL CHILDREN
Child Population - 21,800 (estimated) - 1908;
- 33,767 (estimated) - 1948;
- 39,500 (estinated) - 1958.
Nunber of deaths - 90 - 1908 ; 24 - 1948 ; 7 - 1958.
Death-rate per 1,000 - 4.1 - 1908; 0.71 - 1948; 0.18 - 1958.
The deaths were due to;-
1908 1948 1958
Measles 11-
Scarlet Fever 3
Influenza 1
Diphtheria 18
Typhoid Fever 1
Dysentery 2
Septicaemia 1
Meningitis 2 1
Encephalitis - 2
Poliomyelitis 1
Rheumatic Fever 1
Tuberculosis - of the brain 3 2
„ „ „ lungs 3
„ „ „ abdomen 2
„ other forms 5 1
Aplastic anaemia - 1
Cance 1 2
Leukaemia - 1 1
Congenital defects 1 1 1
Hydrocephalus - 1
Cerebral tumour 1
Other brain diseases 2 1
Ear diseases 2 1
Heart diseases - Rheumatic - 4
„ „ Pericarditis 1
„ „ Endocarditis 5
„ „ Other 11-
Laryngitls 1
Pneumonia 8 1 -
Nephritis - - 1
Diseases of the Mouth 1
„ „ „ Stomach 1
Abdomen 6 1
Diseases of the lymph glands 1
Bone diseases 1
Road Accidents 2 1 2
Other Accidents 2 2 1
90 24 7