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4. Epidemic diseases. The incidenee of epidemic diseases is shown
in tables II, III and IV, 1—25.
The following table showTs the incidence of epidemic diseases in
1927—1930 as also the aggregate number of deaths from each disease
during the same period.
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Deaths
Acute Tonsillitis . Acute Respiratory 1640 2456 5249 5415 5151 4330 3909 4090 6036 4175 2
Catarrh 5274 6342 6720 10255 8549 9568 9112 9716 9829 10968 25
Diphtheria Dysentery (Para- 26 17 6 9 14 10 3 1 68 68 16
dysentery) .... 15 323 ()5 26 153 780 167 10 30 8 9
Puerperal Sepsis .. 10 13 18 14 15 9 9 3 6 6 25
Acute Rheumatism 133 88 214 257 167 167 128 147 160 91 10
Enteric Fever .... Acute Intestinal 27 49 28 23 48 65 11 19 24 9 20
Catarrh 2158 2370 2515 2037 3138 2523 3200 1585 1790 1740 25
Influenza 1993 5090 7110 1168 7362 1282 6578 670 11229 212 121
Measles 1 2293 3026 ,, 31 132 5» 16 8245 71
Mumps 1 »» 998 1858 325 4 3 2 ,, 16 „
Bronchopneuraonia 1262 875 795 851 788 583 461 530 905 548) 1151
Lobar Pneumonia 218 183 241 274 392 303 199 226 194 151 /
German Measles .. 52 18 29 102 368 24 9 3 9 9 »»
Scarlet Fever .... 5 14 10 204 336 624 426 900 109 70 58
Whooping Cough . Encenhalitis 6645 258 3 10 277 ?» » »» 8267 88 284
lethargica 17 3 7 8 14 14 13 7 6 3 10
Erysipelas 93 112 43 34 31 43 37 65 122 59 16
Erythema nodosum 27 25 28 31 37 25 15 13 »»
Herpes Zoster . .. Epidemic Catarrhal 7 3 14 19 20 72 47 »»
Jaundice 33 9 240 478 89 199 62 21 6 43 »»
Contagious Impetigo 98 Epidemic Cerebro- 137 93 69 61 72 102 70 43 63 ”
spinal Meningitis 1 1 1 2 »» 1 2
Epidemic Pleurisy 144 21 17 46 85 91 10 28 30 17 »»
Acute Poliomyelitis , 12 4 8 9 11 81 3 7 300 53 62
Epidemic Stomatitis 21 71 66 m 181 218 140 171 »>
Chickenpox 143 198 157 101 184 201 351 315 178 256 ,,
With the exception of measles, which ran through the whole country,
epidemics were of little consequence; a great contrast with the pre-
ceding year, when epidemics were frequent. Part III hereof deals with an
epidemic of enteric fcver, which for years was endemic in a small
island off the North coast of Iceland. The inhabitants of this island
are about 100 in number, exclusively fishermen and peasants. The
Health Authorities sent a physician to the island to inquire into the
origin of this epidemic. By means of bacteriological investigation he
succeeded in finding a bacilli-carrier, to whom the disease may
probably be traced. Arrangeinents were made for the necessary
isolation of the bacilli-carrier, and various hygienic measures (such
as improvements of wells, lavatories etc.) were taken in the island
at the public expense. It is therefore to he hoped, that this epidemic
of enteric fever has been exterminated.