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5. Venereál Diseases. Notified cases in the years 1960- —1964 are
as follows (cf. tables V, VI and VII, 1—3) ;
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Gonorrhoea 189 240 238 122 145
Syphilis 15 4 3 13 29
Soft Chancre 1 1 99 99 1
6. Tuberculosis (all forms). Patients registered by the medical
officers at the end of each year (cf. tables VIII, IX and XI):
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Pulmonary 330 282 257 227 213
Non-pulmonary 88 69 81 70 51
Total Number of Notified Cases 418 351 338 297 264
Deaths 5 2 5 3 2
Deaths from tuberculosis this year are classified as follows (last
year’s figures in round brackets): Pulmonary tuberculosis 2 (3),
tuberculosis of central nervous system 0 (0), tuberculosis of intestines
0 (0), tuberculosis of the urinary and generative organs 0 (0). The
death rate from tuberculosis was: 0.01 (0.02) per 1000 of the popula-
tion.
7. Leprosy. Patients known in the whole country at the end of each
ear.
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Number of Patients No new case was diseovered this 4 year. 4 3 3 3
8. Hydatid Disease.
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Deaths 1 99 2 1 1
Monthly notification of hydatid disease has now been discontinued,
but in the annual report on the disease, which comprises all medical
districts in this country, 8 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).
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Number of Patients 25 8 40 28 77
10. Cancer.
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Deaths 286 257 281 258 262