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Number 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
of Patients 5 G 5 5 4
No new case was discovered this
year.
8. Hydatid Disease (cf. tables V
and VI).
Number 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
of Patients 4 4 3 1 3
Deaths 1 4 2 „ 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
the disease.
9. Scabies (cf. tables V, VI and
VII, 4).
Number 1956 1957 1958 1959 1990
of Patients 177 G3 64 33 25
10. Cancer (cf. tables V and VI).
Number 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
of Patients 88 74 79 62 80
Deaths 200 237 210 255 286
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 to these lists there are 599
such patients. On p. 88 these mali-
gnant tumors are classified according
to location.
11. School health service. The
School Health Act and Regulation
came into force in the years 1957 and
1958 respectively. According to the
legislation a periodical medical
examination of all pupils is performed
every second year, but tuberculosis
control of pupils and school personnel
is performed every year. Pupils need-
ing medical treatment or further
observation are kept under special
supervision as long as scliool doctors
find it necessary. Much stress is laid
on supervising the pupils, whether
known to be previously unwell or
healthy, all through the school year,
teachers and parents being urged to
refer to the school doctors every pupil
who according to their judgement
needs to be examined. Teachers have
to make reports about their pupils’
liealth twice a year. The district
medical officers act as school doctors
except in Reykjavík and Hafnarfjörð-
ur, where there are special school
doctors, all of whom are working
part-time. Table X shows the diseases
and ailmcnts discovered at the peri-
odical medical examination.
12. Maternity (cf. tables XII—XIV).
The total number of births in 1960
was 4979, 4916 born alive and 63 still-
born (12.7 per 1000 of the total num-
ber).
Deaths in ccnnection with child-
birtli during the preceding years have
been as follows:
Complications
of Pregnancy,
Childbirth 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
and Puerperium 5 2 2 2 »
Puerperal Sepsis 1 „ „ „ »
Total Number
of D'eaths 6 2 2 2 »
The maternity death rate 1960 was
zero.
13. Artificial Abortion (cf. table
XII).
During the year 49 artificial abor-
tions took place under the Birth Con-
trol Act, which came into operation
in 1935. In 13 out of these 41 cases
social as well as medical indications
had been taken into consideration.
14. Accidents. The figure of deaths
by accidents (including suicide) is
0.43 per 1000 of the whole popula-
tion.
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Deaths by Suicide 20 14 9 H ^
Deaths by
other Violence 61 65 77 121
The distribution of deaths by acci-
dents is shown on pp. 73— 74.