Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1941, Qupperneq 196

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1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941^eaths
Acute Tonsillitis . 4330 3909 4090 6036 4175 6713 6417 5528 5175 4781 5
Acute Respiralory Catarrh 9568 9112 9716 9829 10968 16476 14320 16938 15982 20248 22
Diphtheria 10 3 1 68 68 8 4 4 9 11
Dysentery (Para- dysentery) .... 780 167 10 30 8 48 12 618 2941 135 16
I’uerperal Sepsis . . 9 9 3 6 6 9 9 7 8 13 22
Acute Rheumatism 167 128 147 160 91 97 105 79 75 85 10
Enteric Fever .... 65 11 19 24 9 20 3 6 3 4 9
Acute Intestinal Catarrh 2523 3200 1585 1790 1740 1635 1961 2990 5266 2395 32
Influenza 1282 6578 670 11229 212 21977 1301 5326 157 9670 203
Measles 132 16 8245 163 1 1 14 •60
Mumps 4 3 2 „ 16 1 1 „ 1 197 „
Bronchopneumonia 583 461 530 905 548 670 417 686 377 1186 I 1106
Lobar Pneumonia 303 199 226 194 151 233 220 289 191 517 /
German Measles .. 24 9 3 9 9 32 55 8 781 1566
Scarlet Fever .... 624 426 900 109 70 288 197 64 33 158 50
Whooping Cough . »9 99 »» 8267 88 „ 9» „ »9 290 •124
Encephalitis lethargica 14 13 7 6 3 15 2 5 3 2 15
Erysipelas 43 37 65 122 59 72 62 65 56 96 20
Erythema nodosum 31 37 25 15 13 10 12 13 26 21 r>
Herpes Zoster ... 14 19 20 72 47 64 62 63 70 59 „
Epidemic Catarrhal Jaundice 199 62 21 6 43 72 33 4 38 102 9»
Contag'ious Impetigo 72 102 70 43 63 46 60 124 289 629 9»
Epidemic Cerebro- spinal Meningitis 1 1 2 »» 1 9» 1 14 46 3
Epidemic Pleurisy 91 10 28 30 17 9 20 8 21 15 9»
Acute Poliomyelitis 81 3 7 300 53 5 81 12 3 i *56
Epidemic Stomatitis i 112 181 218 140 171 109 145 129 171 102 „
Chickenpox 201 351 315 178 256 292 385 292 245 133 „
Influenza and fíerman measles ran through the conutry in the first
quarter of the year, and there was an outbreak of whooping cough and
mumps in the last quarter. In spite of this inost of the medical off'icers
agree on the general state of the public health being satisfactory.
5. Venereal diseases. Notified cases of venereal diseases in the years
1932—1941 are as follows (cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1—3):
1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
Gonorrhoea .......... 372 482 576 665 632 597 648 492 402 321
Sypliilis ............ 50 37 30 35 16 8 6 14 67 83
Soft Chancre .......... 1 7 2 2 1 „ „ „ 2 3
-6. Tuberculosis (all forms). Patients registered lty the medical offi-
sers at the end of each year (cf. tables V, VI, VII, IX and XI):
1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
Pulmonary ................ 611 869 917 1064 1028 998 967 851 867 854
Non-pulmonary ............ 401 684 714 764 674 526 511 236 239 259
Total Numb. of Notified Cases 1012 1553 1631 1828 1702 1524 1478 1087 1106 1113
Deaths ................... 220 173 165 149 157 155 106 94 104 120
* In the last year’s report the corresponding numbers have fallen off in printing
and should be for measles 60, whooping cough 126 and polyomyelitis 56.