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1933 1934- 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
Pulmonary ...................... 869 917 1064 1028 998 967 851 867 854 853
Non-pulmonary ................... 684 714 764 674 526 511 236 239 259 282
Total Numb. of Notified Cases .. 1553 1631 1828 1702 1524 1478 1087 1106 1113 1135
Deaths .......................... 173 165 149 157 155 106 94 104 120 104
Deaths frora tuberculosis raay lje classified as follows (last year’s
figures in round brackets): Pulraonary tuberculosis 78 (100), universal
tuberculosis 4 (3), tuberculosis of bones and joints 5 (5), raeningeal
tuberculosis 9 (8), abdominal tuberculosis 3 (3), tuberculosis of the
urinary and generative organs 5 (1).
7. Lcprosij. The nuinber of patients has been alraost constantly de-
creasing in previous years.
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
Patients in the Lcprosarium
at Laugarnes .................. 19 22 19 18 18 17 17 17 16 15
Patients Outside Hospital .... 8 9 7 7 6 5 4 5 5 6
Total number of Patients .... 27 31 26 25 24 22 21 22 21 21
8. Hijdatid disease (cf. tables V and VI).
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
Number of patients ......... 15 16 6 11 7 8 6 3 6 4
Deaths ........................ 6 4 3 3 5 7 3 2 6 8
These figures are based upon nionthly reports from physicians, but
in the annual report on hydatid disease, which comprises all medical
districts in this country, 29 cases are notfied.
9. Cancer (cf. tables V and VI).
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
Number of Patients ......... 103 87 73 82 68 73 77 74 75 57
Deaths ........................ 125 141 147 140 156 141 157 148 189 162
In addition to the monthly reports frora district niedical officers,
on which the above survey is based, medical officers in all districts,
excejit five, have raade aut a list showing the incidence of inalignant
tumors during the year. According to these tables there are 230 carci-
noraa patients, besides 10 suffering from sarcoraa and 4 frora tuinors
of the brain. ()n page 07—08 these raalignant turaors are classified
according to location.
10. School-Inspection. In Iceland an obligatory raedical examina--
tion of all school-ehildren takes jilace at the beginning of eacli session,
especially with regard to tuberculosis. At the same time the sanitary
condition of the schools is inspected and all matters bearing u])on
the health of tlie children are tooked into. The inspection is under-
taken by the district raedical officers. In Reykjavik, however, there are
special school medical officers. Table X shows thc result of school
inspection in the whole country with the exception of five districts
coraprising 13152 children.