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1969
wives have made out a report (table XIII) concerning 4124 infants
born during the year. Reports on the nutrition of infants were sub-
mitted in 3963 cases which accordingly were grouped as follows:
Breast-fed ............................. 84.83%
Breast- and bottle-fed ............ 10.19—
Bottle-fed only ................... 4.97—
16. Health Personnel (cf. table I). The total number of licensed medi-
cal men in Iceland was 410 at the end of the year 1969. There are 57
medical districts. The number of midwives at work was 133, while the
number of districts is about 200. Trained nurses at work were 493.
89 dental surgeons are working in the country.
17. General Insurance. The National Insurance Act of 1936 (amend-
ed several times) covers besides diseases: accidents, disablement and
old age insurance, sickness insurance being obligatory for the whole
country since 1 October 1951.
18. Food and Nutrition. The chemical analysis and bacteriological
investigations are done at the State Laboratories in Reykjavík.
19. Hospitals, large and small, in 1969 numbered 36 in the whole
country, with 2543 beds, or 12.5 beds per 1000 inhabitants, 25 of this
number being general hospitals, with 1405 beds (6.9 per 1000). In the
tuberculosis sanatoria there are 29 beds (about 0.1 per 1000). The
hospitalization days in all hospitals amounted to 4.4 per head for the
whole population (cf. also table XVII),
20. Immunization. Immunizations performed during the year are
shown in table XVIII.