Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 01.12.1956, Blaðsíða 222

1956
220 —
Deaths from tuberculosis this year
are easily classified (last year’s fi-
gures in round brackets) : Pulmonary
tuberculosis 10 (2), tuberculosis of
ccntral nervosus system 1 (0), tuber-
culosis of intestines 1 (0), tuberculosis
of the urinary and generative organs
1 (1).
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), 1956:
13 (0.08 per 1000).
7. Leprosy. Patients known in the
whole country at the end of each year
(cf. tables V—VI) :
l’atients 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
in Leprosarium 7 7 6 5 5
Patients
outside Hospital 2 2 2 2 2
Total Number
of Patients 9 9 8 7 7
The last leprosy case was met with
1951, the only one since 1934. The
new patient, a woman 58 years old,
liad lived with leprotics in her early
childhood, and again some 20 years
ago.
8. Hydatid Disease (cf. tables V
and VI).
Number 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
of Patients 1 3 4 4 4
Deaths 2 3 „ 1 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, 12 cases are reported,
most of them very old people, perhaps
only with some or other remains of
tlie disease.
9. Scabies (cf. tables V, VI and
VII, 4).
Number 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
of Patients 240 177 301 244 177
10. Cancer (cf. tables V and VI).
Number 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
of Patients 71 65 86 92 88
Deaths 215 211 198 210 200
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 during the year.
According tho these lists there are 513
such patients. On pp. 96—97 these
malignant tumors are classified accor-
ding 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 Reykjavik, how-
ever, there are special school medical
officers. Table X shows the result of
school inspection in the whole coun-
try, comprising 19783 children.
12. Maternity (cf. tables XII—XV).
The total number og births in 1956
was 4625, 4564 born alive and 61 still-
born (13.2 per 1000 of the total num-
ber).
Deaths in connection with child-
birth during the preceding years have
been as follows:
Complications
of Pregnancy,
Childbirth 1952
and Puerperium 4
Puerperal Sepsis 1
Total Number
of Deatlis 5
1953 1954 1955 1956
2 5 1 ■*
,, „ „ ^
2 5 1 6