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1!)21 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 192!) 1930 Deaths
Puerperal Sepsis 13 23 21 12 7 13 10 13 18 14 36
Acute Rheumatism 115 174 147 130 120 146 133 88 214 257 4
Enteric Fever .. Acute Intestinal 180 68 152 96 83 175 27 4!) 28 23 64
Catarrh 1049 1244 1024 981 1047 1303 2158 2370 2515 2037 21
Influenza 5822 2504 1345 4992 941 3114 1993 5090 7110 1168 228
1 3802 1643 685 1 2293 3026 50
76 24 1 1 998 1858
Bronchopneu-
monia 1061 1033 1009 1012 804 925 1262 875 795 851 t 1617
Lobar Pneumonia 1024 58!) 609 564 278 185 218 183 241 274 |
German Measles . 11 5 4 132 449 52 18 29 102 „ -
Scarlet Fever . . 303 232 163 26 7 10 5 14 10 204 16
Whooping Cough Encephalitis 137 ” ” ” 4 91 6645 258 3 10 16!)
Lethargica ... 3 ,, ,, 2 16 „ 17 3 7 8 10
Erysipelas Erythema 127 197 140 83 96 102 93 112 43 34 21
nodosum Epidemic Catar- 27 25
rhal Jaundice 37 106 104 37 30 11 33 9 240 478
Contagious Impetigo Epidemic 18 58 39 63 77 15!) 98 137 93 69 ”
Pleurisy Acute 565 144 21 17 46 ”
Poliomyelitis Aphtous »» 2 2 463 26 2 12 4 8 9 102
Stomatitis .... 21 71 ,,
Chickenpox .... 10!) 157 132 163 153 156 143 198 157 101 „
Diphteria has been remarkably rare of late and seems to be almost
exterminated in this country. Last winter (1931—1932) a medical
lecturer in the Universitv of Iceland, Mr. Niels Dungal, made by means
of Schick's test a very instructive investigation into the immunitv of
school-children in Reykjavik against diphteria, and wrote an essay on
the matter, which appears as Part III. of this book. He gives an account
of the result of his investigation in the following survey:
Schick tests performed on 814 children from 8—14 years old in
Reykjavik gave the following results:
1) Of the whole number 81,9% reacted positively, 18,1% showing
negative reactions.
2) There is only a slight increase in negative reactions up to 12 years
age, followed by a sudden rise after finishing the llth year, ihe
number of negatives rising from 17,2% at 11 years to 37,5% at the
age of 13.
3) Diphtheria has been practically unknown in Reykjavik during the
last six years, and before that time rare for some years, a sudden rise
in 1920 and 1921 excepted.
4) It is suggested that the sudden rise in Schick negatives above
the age of 12 years may he explained hv this wave of diphtheria 10
years ago, when the age-groups now showing a higher percentage of
immunitv have just l>een 2 vears of age or more, i. e. beginning
to mingle more freely with other persons and accordingly more ex-
posed to the disease than younger children.