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1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 192(5 1927 1928 1929 193»
Numbers of Patients ........... 54 27 37 43 50 40 40 43 30 12
Deaths .......................... 4 í) 12 5 10 12 8 10 8 0
9. Cancer. As before the registration of cancer patients is very de-
fective; there are still more deaths than notified cases. This year the
death-rate is snrprisingly much lovver than during the preceding years,
Avhich is an off-set against the comparatively large number of cancer
deaths last year (cf. tabl es V and VI).
1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 192(5 1927 1928 . 1929 1930
Number of Patients ... 101 110 73 84 125 108 114 131 85 92
Deaths . 88 118 95 107 129 126 124 131 145 106
In addition to the cancer deaths reported here, 11 persons died of
sarcoma.
Of 92 cancer patients in hospitals this year there were 35 cases of
cancer of the stomach, or 38%.
10. Maternitij (see also tahles IX—X). The total numher of births
in 1930 was: 2808 born alive and 63 stillhorn, or ‘22,4%c of the total
number.
Deaths from accidents of childbirth and puerperal sepsis during the
preceding years have heen as follows:
1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 192(5 1927 1928 1929 1930
Accidents of Childbirth . 3 5 5 3 4 4 8 7 10 4
Puerperal Sepsis ........ 3 5 6 3 (5 1 3 3 1 5
Total Number of Deaths (5 10 11 6 10 5 11 10 11 9
The death rate 1930 is 3,2 per 1000 ehildren born alive. The distriliu-
tion of accidents of childbirth is as follows: Puerperal hæmorrage 3,
puerperal convulsions 1.
11. Care of Infants. Infant mortality is very low in Iceland, on the
whole among the lowest on record, perhaps lower than in anv other
country (this year 45,2 per 1000 born alive, last year 4‘3%c). The care of
infants may he said to he fairly good and a great majority of the
children are breast-fed. The midwives have made out a report con-
cerning 2500 infants born during the year (out of 2808 births). In 2300
cases the nutrition of the infants after hirth is reported as follows:
(Reykjavik figures in brackets):
Breast-fed ............................... 87,6% (97,2%)
Breast- and hottle-fed ................... 3,9— ( 0,6—)
Bottle-fed onlv .......................... 8,5— ( 2,2—)
12. Sanitari/ officials and workers. (See table I). 'I’he total number
of trained medical men in Iceland was 120 in 1930. There ar 48 medi-
cal districts, and as a rule thev are all filled. The number ol' midwives
holding appointments is 195, while the number of districts is 207.
Trained nurses do little service outside hospitals. Dentists are very
few. Trained dispensincj chemists are only in the larger towns, in vil-
lages and in the country the district physicians have a small drug store.
13. Friendlij Societies or sick-clubs. Since 1911 there are legal pro-
visions concerning Friendly Societies and they receive a trifling grant