Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia.

  • Western Australia. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1973]
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Credit: Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cases of malnutrition were found by Community Health Services staff as follows : Table 1 Region Malnutrition Marasmus Kwashiorkor Kimberley 115 11 0 Pilbara 0 1 Northwest 7 0 0 Goldfields 1 + Southwest... 265 6 6 Metropolitan 64 0 0 452 + 11 i Kimberley Nutritional Anthropometric Survey Children 0-5 years. In 1973 an anthropometric survey was conducted in the Kimberley by Regional Medical Officer, Dr. R. M. Spargo. The results are grouped by age and place of resi¬ dence in 1973 :— Town, Mission, Station, Independent Community. Results are shown on Tables 2, 3 and 4. Table 3 BIRTH WEIGHT—AVERAGE OF SAMPLES IN GRAMMES BY AGE AND RESIDENCE Residence Age in Years 0-1 _2 -3 -4 -5 Town .... 3 137 3 180 3 070 3 170 3 024 Mission 3 090 3 006 3 077 3 073 3 890 Station 2 985 3 013 3 207 2 806 3 020 Community .... 3 197 2 910 3 099 2 706 2 912 Table 4 BIRTH WEIGHT—AVERAGE OF SAMPLES IN GRAMMES BY AGE AND SAMPLE SIZE Age-Years Sample Number Average birth weight in gms 0-1. 203 3 083 -2 166 3 086 -3. 166 3 098 -4. 116 3 050 -5 .... 104 2 986