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1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Deaths
Acute Tonsillitis . 4090 6036 4175 6713 6417 5528 5175 4781 5506 5608 6
Acute Rcspiratory Catarrh 9716 9829 10968 16476 14320 16938 15982 20248 21777 14086 26
Diphthcria 1 68 68 8 4 4 9 11 63 11
Dysentery (Para- dysentery) 10 30 8 48 12 618 2941 135 338 9 9
Puerperal Sepsis . 3 6 6 9 9 7 8 13 14 15 24
Acute Rheumatism 147 160 91 97 105 79 75 85 117 95 9
Enteric Fever .... 19 24 9 20 3 6 3 4 5 4
Acute Intestinal Catarrh 1585 1790 1740 1635 1961 2990 5266 2395 4657 2753 37
Influenza 670 11229 212 21977 1301 5326 157 9670 625 12969 226
Measles » 16 8245 163 1 1 14 1 6616 78
Mumps 2 16 1 1 „ 1 197 5034 601 1
Bronchopneumonia 530 905 548 670 417 686 377 1186 1427 8081 1061
Lobar Pneumonia 226 194 151 233 220 289 191 517 550 346/
German Measles . . 3 9 9 32 55 8 781 1566 29 94 ,,
Scarlet Fever .... 900 109 70 288 197 64 33 158 321 456 30
Whooping Cougli . „ 8267 88 „ „ „ „ 290 4413 39 177
Encephalitis lethargica 7 6 3 15 2 5 3 2 3 12
Erysipelas 65 122 59 72 62 65 56 96 69 46 18
Erythema nodosum 25 15 13 10 12 13 26 21 11 17 „
Herpes Zoster .... 20 72 47 64 62 63 70 59 58 51 „
Epidemic Catarrhai Jaundice 21 6 43 72 33 4 38 102 169 82 »»
Contagious Impetigo 70 43 63 46 60 124 289 629 425 274
Epidemic Cerebro- spinal Meningitis 2 1 »» 1 14 46 19 5 10
Epidemic Pleurisy 28 30 17 9 20 8 21 15 76 20 »»
Acutc Poliomyelitis 7 300 53 5 81 12 3 i 1 >» 40
Epidemic Stomatitis 218 140 171 109 145 129 171 102 106 119 „
Chickenpox 315 178 256 292 385 292 245 133 337 516 „
Epidemics were of no little consequence during the year. Influenzu
and Measles ran through the country and Mumps and Whooping
Cough, the chief epidemics of the preceding year, had not yet
finished their round. Then there was considerahly higher ineidence of
Scarlet Fever and Chickenpo.r than usually.
5. Venereal diseases. Notified cases of venereal diseases in the years
1934—1943 are as follows (cf. tahles V, VI and VII, 1-—-3):
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Gonorrhoea ......... 576 665 632 597 648 492 402 324 246 238
Syphilis ............ 30 35 16 8 6 14 67 83 142 84
Soft Chancre ......... 2 2 1 „ „ „ 2 3 3 2
Of 51 Icelandic men with fresh syphilis 47 caugth the disease abroad
and ínost of them in British seaports.
6. Tuberculosis (all forms). Patients registered by the medical offi-
cers at the end of each year (cf. tables V, VI, VIII, IX and XI):