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5. Venereal diseases. Notified cases of venereal diseases in the years
1927—1936 are as follows (cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1—3):
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Gonorrhoea ...................... 348 407 431 519 400 372 482 576 665 632
Syphilis ......................... 34 21 13 29 21 50 37 30 35 16
Soft Chancre ...................... 5 3 12 15 3 1 7 2 2 1
6. Tuberculosis (all forms) (cf. tables V, VI, VIII and X).
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Pulmonary .................... 771 737 538 407 440 446 471 392 291 304
Non-pulmonary ................ 429 489 457 355 300 279 344 434 293 197
Total Numb. of Notified Cases . . 1200 1226 995 762 740 725 815 826 584 501
Deaths ....................... 206 211 214 232 206 220 173 165 149 157
Deaths from tuberculosis may be classified as follo'ws (last year’s
figures in round brackets): Pulmonary tuberculosis 119 (100), uni-
versal tuberculosis 6 (7), scrophulosis 1 (0), tuberculosis of bones
and joints 3 (6), meningeal tubercidosis 23 (27), abdominal tuber-
culosis 4 (3), tuberculosis of the urinary and generative organs 1
(3), other organs 0 (3).
The number of deaths from tuberculosis is slightly higher than last
year, which is not to be wondered at, considering the fact that an
epidemic of measles ran through the country in 1936 and an epidemic
of whooping-cough in the year before. There is every reason to hope,
that the steady decrease of tuberculosis will continue, in spite of this
temporary increase. The number of deaths from ineningeal tuberculosis
was lower than usual, 14,6% of the total numher of deaths from tuber-
culosis. For many years it was 20—25%.
7. Leprosy. The numher of patients has been constantly decreasing
in previous years, until in the preceding year 3 new patients turned
up, or rather three old cases were discovered. This year leprosy patients
again decrease in number, their total heing the lowest on record.
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Patients in the Leprosarium
at Laugarnes ..................... 34 32 27 24 21 19 19 22 19 18
Patients Outside Hospital ......... 10 9 11 11 10 8 8 9 7 7
Total number of Patients .......... 44 41 38 35 31 27 27 31 26 25
8. Hydatid disease (cf. tables V—VII).
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Number of Patients ........... 46 43 30 12 11 10 15 16 6 11
Deaths ....................... 8 10 86 11 66433
These figures are hased upon monthly reports from physicians,
hut in the annual report on hydatid desease, which coinprises all
medical districts in this country except the capital, 20 cases are
notified.