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1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Pulmonary ..................... 917 1064 1028 998 967 851 867 854 853 799
Non-pulmonary ................. 714 764 674 526 511 236 239 259 282 250
Total number of notified cases 1631 1828 1702 1524 1478 1087 1106 1113 1135 1049
Deaths ........................ 165 149 157 155 106 94 104 120 104 106
Deaths fx-om tuberculosis may be classified as follows (last year’s
figures in round brackets): Pulmonary tuberculosis 82 (78), universal
tuberculosis 6 (4), tuberculosis of bones and joints 5 (5), meningeal
tuberculosis 8 (9), abdominal tuberculosis 3 (3), tuberculosis of the
urinary and generative organs 1 (5), tuberculosis of the lymphatic
glands 1 (0).
7. Leprosy. The number of patients has been almost constantly de-
creasing in previous years.
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Patients in Leprosarium ... 22 19 18 18 17 17 17 16 15 14
Patients outside hospital ... 9 7 7 6 5 4 5 5 6 5
Total number of patients . . 31 26 25 24 22 21 22 21 21 19
8. Hijdatid disease (cf. tables V and VI).
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Number of patients ....... 16 6 11 7 8 6 3 6 4 5
Deaths ...................... 4 3 3 5 7 3 2 6 8 3
These figures are based upon monthly reports front physicians, but
in the annual report on Hydatid disease, which comprises all medical
districts in this country, 30 cases are notified.
9. Cancer (cf. tables V and VI).
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Number of patients ....... 87 73 82 68 73 77 74 75 57 50
Deaths ...................... 141 147 140 156 141 157 148 189 162 194
In addition to the monthly reports from district medical officers,
on which the above sui-vey is based, medical officers in all districts,
except four, have made out a list showing the incidence of malignant
lumors during the year. According to these tables there are 262 such
patients (tumors of the brain and lymphogranulomatosis included).
On pages 56—57 these malignant tumors are classified acording' to
location.
10. School inspection. In Iceland an obligatory medical examina-
tion of all school-children takes place at the beginning of each session,
especially with regard to tuberculosis. At the same tirne the sanitary
condition of the sc.hools is inspected and all matters bearing upon
tiie health of the children are looked into. The inspection is under-
taken by the district medical officers. In Reykjavik, however, there are
special school medical officers. Table X shows the result of school
inspection in the whole country with the exception of two districts
comprising 13638 children.
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