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1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Pulmonary 851 867 854 853 799 748 746 782 829 834
Non-Pulmonary 236 239 259 282 250 231 210 257 287 172
Total Numbcr of Notified Cases 1087 1106 1113 1135 1049 979 956 1039 1116 1006
Deaths 94 104 120 104 106 96 88 89 71 47
Deaths from tuberculosis mav be classified as follows (last year’s
figures in round brackets): Pulmonai’y tuberculosis 33 (54), universal
tuberculosis 0 (2), tuberculosis of boixes and joints 1 (2), meningeal
tuberculosis 11 (9), abdominal tuberculosis 1 (2), tuberculosis of the
urinary and generative organs 0 (2), tuberculosis of the lymphatic
glands 1 (0).
During the last txvo decades death from tuberculosis in Iceland
has been almost steadily decreasing, yet, with a relative stillstand
during the war, and this last year the fall of the tuberculosis death
rate is truly adventurous. In 1930 232 died from tubcrculosis in Iceland
(2,2 per 1000 of the population) 1939: 94 (0,8%c), 1945: 88 (0,7%„),
1947: 71 (0,5%c), 1948: 47 (0,3%,).
7. Leprosy. The number of patients has been almost constantly
decreasing in previous years.
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Patients in Leprosarium .... 17 17 16 15 14 13 11 10 9 8
Patients outside Hospital .. 45 5 6555544
Total Number of Patients .. 21 22 21 21 19 18 16 15 13 12
8. Hydatid Disease (cf. tables V and VI).
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Number of Patients ........ 6 3 6 4 5 1 1 „ „ 2
Deaths ...................... 3 2 6 8 3 5 2 2 1 I
These figures are based upon monthly reports from physicians, but
in the annual report on the disease, which comprises all medical
districts in this country, 23 cases are reported, most of them very old
people, perhaps only with some or other remains of the disease.
9. Scabies (cf. tables V and VI).
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Number of Patients ....... 910 1531 1569 828 645 460 385 367 316 209
Reported cases being at maximum the first year after the occupation
are now steadily decreasing.
10. Cancer (cf. tables V and VI).
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Number of Patients ........ 77 74 75 57 50 58 49 47 50 48
Deaths ...................... 157 148 189 162 194 178 188 155 189 193
In addition to the monthly reports from district medical officers,
on which the above survey is based, medical officers in all districts
have made out a list showing the incidence of malignant tumors
during the year. According to these tables tliere are 297 such patients
(tumors of the brain and lymphogranulomatosis included). On pages
70—71 these malignant tumors are classified according to location.