Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1938, Side 177

Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1938, Side 177
173 surance of Reykjavík). Similar institutions for the prevention of tuberculosis have now been established in all the largest towns, run by the respective societies receiving grants in a like manner to that in Reykjavík. Other Health Institutions. There are only a few other institutions concerned with the care or prevention of illness and protection of health. There is a State deaf and dumb school (in Reykjavík) and one asylum for mentally deficient children and women with accommodation for 20 persons. There is really a great need for another asylum for grown up boys and men, and one for drunkards. It is proposed to build both these institutions in the near future with the aid of a Government subsidy. The very excellent modern swimming bath in Reykjavík may be also included with health institutions. The water for the basin is supplied from the hot springs in the vicinity of the town. Swimming baths with natural hot water may also be found in numerous popular high schools and elementary schools in different parts of the country, undoubtedly to the great benefit of the young people of the country. It still remains, however, to utilize the numerous possibilities for health resorts, pro- vided by the hot springs so rich in sulphur of which some at least are radioactive. The first real attempt of this kind is now in preparation. There is in Reykjavík an excellent institute for old people, with accommodation for 150, and we also find smaller hoines for old people in some other towns. Of institutions for children there are hardly any except day homes for children in Reykjavik and a few other towns, and it is not an infrequent occurrence that nursing- or charitable societies arrange for homes for children in the country districts during summer. VI. Voluntary Bodies for the Prevention of Accidents and Diseases, for the Relief of the Sick and Furthering of Public Health. There are very few voluntary bodies of this description. A powerful body The Nationnl Life Saving Association of lceland, operates all over the country in many divisions and has numerous problems to solve. A Societij for thc Prevention of Tuberculosis operated for a time and established the first and still the largest sanatorium for tuberculosis in the country (in 1909). Rut when the State took into its hands the running of the sanatorium and the tuberculosis affairs as a whole, the society ceased its activities. We have above mentioned the various nursing societies and the nursing activities of the woinen’s clubs, but in addition to these there are various funds to enable sick people to get into hospitals; most of these funds were established hy legacies. “The Friends of the Blind Society of Iceland” has for several years Worked for the assistance of the blind and a corresponding society
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