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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 distriet 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. Matemity (cf. tables XII—XIV). The total number of births in
1969 was 4265, 4218 born alive and 47 stillborn.
Deaths in connection with childbirth during the preceeding years
have been as follows:
1965
Complications of Pregnancy,
Childbirth and Puerperium
Puerperal Sepsis ............
Total Numher of Deaths
1966
»
1
1
1967 1968
1969
The maternity death rate 1969 was 0.28 per 1000 children born.
13. Artificial Abortion (cf. table XII).
During the year 97 artificial abortions took place under the Birth
Control Act, which came into operation in 1935. In 11 out of these 97
cases social as well as medical indications had been taken into con-
sideration.
14. Accidents. The rate of deaths by accidents (including suicide)
is 0.58 per 1000 of the whole population.
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Deaths by Suicide 22 37 30 15 20
Deaths by other Accidents 109 100 99 100 97
Classification of accidents (external i eauses) is shown on pp 74—'
15. Care of Infants may be said to be fairly good, the great majority
of the children being breast-fed að least for the first weeks. The mid-