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10. Cancer.
Deaths
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
255 286 257 281 258
Cases of malignant neoplasms registered in 1963 by the Cancer Re-
gistry of the Iceland Cancer Society were 441 in number. On p. 96 these
malignant 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 person-
nel is performed every year. Pupils needing medical treatment or
further observation are kept under special supervision as long as school
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’ health
twice a year. The district medical officers act as school doctors except
in Reykjavík and Hafnarfjörður, where there are special school doctors,
all of whom are working part-time. Table X shows the diseases and ail-
ments discovered at the periodical medical examination.
12. Maternity (cf. tables XII—XIV). The total number of births in
1963 was 4871, 4800 born alive and 71 stillborn (14.8 per 1000).
Deaths in connection with childbirth during the preceeding years
have been as follows:
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
Complications of Pregnancy,
Childbirth and Puerperium 2 „ 2 2 1
Puerperal Sepsis................. „ „ „ „
Total Number of Deaths 2 „ 2 2 1
The maternity death rate 1963 was 0.21 per 1000 children born.
13. Artificial Abortion (cf. table XII).
During the year 63 artificial abortions took place under the Birth
Control Act, which came into operation in 1935. In 16 out of these 63
cases social as well as medical indications had been taken into con-
sideration.
14. Accidents. The figure of deaths by accidents (including suicide)
is 0.69 per 1000 of the whole population.