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1955
Deaths from tuberculosis this year
are easily classified (last year’s fi-
gures in round brackets) : Pulmonary
tuberculosis 2 (10), tuberculosis of
bones and joints 1 (0), tuberculosis
of the urinary and generative organs
1 (0).
During the last two decades death
from tuberculosis in Iceland has been
almost steadily decreasing, yet, with
a relative stand-still during the war,
and during the last years the fall of the
tuberculosis death rate is truly adven-
turous. In 1930 232 died from tuber-
culosis in Iceland (2.16 per 1000 of
the population), 1939: 94 (0.79 per
1000), 1945: 88 (0.68 per 1000), 1947:
71 (0.53 per 1000), 1948: 47 (0.34 per
1000), 1949: 36 (0.26 per 1000), 1950:
29 (0.20 per 1000), 1951: 31 (0.21 per
1000), 1952: 20 (0.14 per 1000), 1953:
14 (0.09 per 1000), 1954: 10 (0.06 per
1000), 1955: 4 (0.03 per 1000).
7. Leprosy. Patients known in the
whole country at the end of each year
(cf. tables V—VI):
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
I’atients
in Leprosariuni 9 7 7 6 5
Patients
outside Hospital 3 2 2 2 2
Total Number
of Patients 12 9 9 8 7
The last leprosy case was met with
1951, the only one since 1934. The
new patient, a woman 58 years old,
had lived with leprotics in her early
childhood, and again some 20 years
ago.
8. Hydaticl Disease (cf. tables V
and VI).
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Number of Patients 6 13 4 4
Deaths 3 2 3 ,, 1
These figures are based upon month-
ly reports from physicians, but in
the annual report on the disease,
which comprises all medical districts
in this country, 7 cases are reported,
most of them very old people, perhaps
only with some or other remains of
the disease.
9. Scabies (cf. tables V, VI and
VII, 4).
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Number
of Patients 220 240 177 301 244
10. Cancer (cf. tables V and VI).
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Number
of Patients 77 71 65 86 92
Deaths 213 215 211 198 210
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 lists showing the incidence
of malignant tumors (lymphogranulo-
matosis included: 10 cases) during the
year. According to these lists there
are 475 such patients. On p. 111
these malignant tumors are classified
according to location.
11. School Inspection. In Iceland an
obligatory medical examination of all
school-children takes place at the be-
ginning of each session, especially
with regard to tuberculosis. At the
same time the sanitary condition of
the schools is inspected and all mat-
ters bearing upon the health of the
children are looked into. The inspec-
tion is undertaken by the district
medical officers. In Reykjavík, how-
ever, there are special school medical
officers. Table X shows the result of
school inspection in the whole coun-
try, comprising 18380 children.
12. Maternity (cf. tables XII—XIV).
The total number og births in 1955
was 4537, 4479 born alive and 58 still-
born (12.8 per 1000 of the total num-
ber).
Deaths in connection with child-
birtli during the preceding years have
been as follows:
Complications
of Pregnancy,
Childbirth 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
and Puerperium 1 4 2 5 1
Puerperal Sepsis „ 1 „ „ „
Total Number
of Deaths 1 5 2 5 1