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. 2012 Sep;12(3):376–380. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v12i3.20

Table 4.

Zone distribution of infected vendors according to childcare activities, type of toilet facilities used, worm medication and sanitation index

Parameters Muea Molyko Soppo Bolifamba Total

Childcare activities
No of street food vendors
150
34 40 45 31
No Infected 26 21 22 16 85
No & (%) Infected WCA
(81.18)
22 (84.62) 16(76.19) 17 (77.27) 14 (87.50) 69
No & (%) Infected WNCA
(18.82)
04 (15.38) 05(23.81) 05 (22.73) 02 (12.50) 16
Type of toilet facility used
No Infected 26 21 22 16 85
No & (%) with flushing toilet 2(7.69) 2 (9.52) 0 2 (12.50) 6
(7.06)
No & (%) with pit toilet 24 (92.31) 19 (90.48) 22 (100) 14 (87.50) 79
(92.94)
Worm medication
No Infected 26 21 22 16 85
No & (%) IWM 4(15.38) 4 (19.05) 2 (9.09) 0 10
(11.76)
No & (%) INM 22 (84.62) 17 (80.95) 20 (90.90) 16 (100) 75
(88.24)
Sanitation
No of vendors 34 40 45 31 150
No Infected 26 21 22 16 85
Infection percentage (%) 76.47 52.50 48.89 51.61 56.67
Sanitation Index 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6

No= number, WNCA =With No Childcare Activity, WCA=With Childcare Activity, IWM = Infected with Medication, INM= Infected with No Medication