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accident; in 192(5 there were 84 casualities, 58 of which were due tó
drowning; 1927: (59 and 41; 1928: 71 and 41; 1929: (59 and 32.
15. Sanitary officials and workers. (See table I). 'l’he total number
of trained medical men in Iceland was 111 in 1929. There are 48 medi-
cal districts, and as a rule thev are all filled. The most out of the
way districts may happen to be vacant for a short period now and
then. The number of midwioes holding appointments is 194, while the
number of districts is somewhat larger. There is always some shortage
of midwives. Trained nurses do little service outside hospitals. There
are still far too few dentists in Iceland, whilst dental diseases are very
widespread. Trained dispensing chemists are only in the Iarger towns,
in villages and in the country the district physicians have a small
drug store.
1(5. Hospitals, large and small, have in 1929 reached the number
of 31 in the whole country, with 85(5 beds, or 8,1 heds per 1000 inhabi-
tants. 25 of this number are general hospitals, with 39(5 beds, or 3,8%0.
In the two tuberculosis sanatoria there are 210 beds or about 2%c. Of
other special hospitals may he mentioned : 1 lunatic asylum, 1 Iepros-
arium and 1 small epidemic hospital in Reykjavik. In the general
hospitals the sick-days amounted to 1,3 days per head in the whole
country, while in the two sanatoria the figure was 0,75 per head.
Added to this there is always a large number of tuberculosis patients
in the general hospitals (cf. also taliles XI—XII).
17. Vaccination is compulsory in Iceland. 2680 children were vac-
cinated for the first time, 79% with full reaction, and 2529 re-vac-
cinated, only 58% with full reaction.