Country statement : Kingdom of Lesotho

Abstract

In addition to nutritional data, the ancillary demographic data collected can perhaps be aptly defined by the Following extract from the survey report Although a territorial population census Was conducted in 1956 and provided valuable and much needed information. public health data such as infant and child mortality birth, fertility and death rates were not collected As is generally known, these public health indices are of great assistance in assessing nutritional status of the population so that it was necessary to gain some information in this field.