Survey of Intestinal Parasite Infections among Primary School Children in Chung-Ho Village (Hsiang), Taipei County (Hsien), Taiwan

臺北縣中和鄉國民學校兒童的腸內寄生蟲調查

李瑞珍(Jui-Tseng Lee) ； 楊添木(Ten-Mu Yang)

《Acta Paediatrica Sinica》 1卷3期 (1960/12) Pp. 9-13

摘要

民國46年4~5月間就臺北縣中和鄉國民學校兒童作糞便的寄生蟲卵檢查，所檢2,068名中820名學童為寄生蟲卵陽性，腸內寄生蟲感染率為39.6%，此感染率比其他研究者，就其他地方調查所得的感染率(92.8~95.1%)顯然地低。又比較民國三十九年就該所學童所檢查的成績（感染率97.2%）也是很低。自民國三十九年十二月臺北保健館在該鄉設置中和分站以來對學童致力施行驅蟲治療、食品衛生的改善，衛生教育的推廣可能為其感染降低有力的原因。就各種腸內寄生蟲而說，最顯明的感染率降低者是蛔蟲及鞭蟲。
此次調查的寄生蟲陽性中，還是蛔蟲佔首位，為全體受驗者的23.3%，次者為鈎蟲12.9%，鞭蟲7.7%，蟯蟲0.9%的順序。蟯蟲的檢出率比所預料的較低，如果用高效率的方法如Graham所提方法來檢查，或是可能更高也不一定。
由學童的性別，年齡來看，蛔蟲陽性率於女學童較高並年齡增高而減少，但鈎蟲陽性率就情形相反，於男學童較高並年齡愈多愈高。後者的原因可能與田園工作有關係，男學童尤其年齡大的，多有機會幫忙其工作。
在中和鄉有四處國民學校，各校的寄生蟲陽性率最高者為50.1%，最低者為31.6%。

並列摘要

It is a well known fact that wide spread intestinal parasite infections greatly affect the health of the population. A large daily consumption of green vegetables in Taipei City owes its main source of supply from Chung-Ho Village, Taipei County. Chung-Ho Village is an adjacent area to Taipei City, just across the Hsin-Tieng River which flows in-between of the two administrative areas. Since the majority of the vegetable fields are fertilized with night soil, it is a hazardous factor to contaminate vegetables with ova of intestinal parasites derived from the residents in the village. Investigation and prevention of parasite infections of the residents in Chung-Ho Village are consequently of practical importance from the standpoint of public health.
In December 1950, the Chung-Ho Branch of the Provincial Taipei Public Health Training and Demonstration Center was established in the village in order to cooperate with the activities of the local health station. A survey of intestinal parasites among 1,443 school children was carried out by this Branch in 1950 shortly after its establishment; the results of which showed a high percentage of parasite infections in the children tested. A similar study was carried out again in April-May 1957 among children of the four primary schools in this area. The results of these studies are presented in this paper.