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This may in great measure be due to the greater appreciation by
the parents of a more varied diet in which vegetables, both raw and
cooked, take a great part.
The cleanliness of school children has shown some deterioration.
Whereas the number of children with dirty heads in 1940 was
3 per cent., that in 1941 was 4 per cent. This result no doubt
has been to some extent due to many of the children returning
from the reception areas in a dirtier condition than when they
went. Towards the end of the-year as a result of the attention of
the school nurses and of the parents the state of the children had
been restored to about normal.
Scabies was more prevalent than in the previous year, but as a
result of very active measures the cases showed a decline in the
later months of the year.
The loss of many members of the staff on war service and the
consequent changes threw more work on the shoulders of the
remainder of the permanent members of the staff, but they accepted
their added responsibility with such loyalty and devotion that they
were able to overcome many difficulties and maintain the public
health services in a state of efficiency of which due acknowledgment
must be made.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Area (in Acres) 8,739
Population (Census, 1931) 117,707
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1941 £1,859,131
Net Product of a Penny Rate £7,288
Live Births (for calculating Birth-Rates) :—
Legitimate Males, 1,046 Females, 973 Total, 2,019
Illegitimate Males, 55 Females, 53 Total, 108— 2,127
Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population
Live Births (for calculating Infant Mortality Rates) :
Legitimate Males, 961 Females, 896 Total, 1,857
Illegitimate Males 52 Females, 51 Total, 103— 1,960