Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1956, Side 73

Tuberklarnir í Føroyum í 19. og 20. øld
81
likely a mere consequence of the fact that infection of new classes of
birth is no longer able to keep the disease on the same high level as
in the end of the 19th century when the disease pervaded a partly
virgin area. On the other hand, however, the steady and regular decline
of the disease during the past 25—30 years is no doubt a result of the
highly intensified work against the tuberculosis. As important factors
here one may mention the building of a chest clinic (1928), and, quite
especially, a statute prescribing compulsory examination of fishermen
before being allowed to sign on (1939) — by which several infectious
cases have been isolated every year, and fínally the introduction of
B. C. G. vaccination in 1946. In the years 1946—1955 a total number
of 17.790 persons were vaccinated. Among these, 19 new cases of tu»
berculosis occurred, and 3 deaths. Among the rest of the population
— a total number of 14,699 persons — 355 new cases of tuberculosis
occurred, and 126 deaths.
BÓKMENTIR
1. Bech, C. J.: Om Kvægtuberkulosen paa Færøerne. Medlemsblad for
den danske Dyrlægeforening. 1934, 17: 329.
2. Befolkningss og Erhvervsforhold i Færø Amt. Statistiske Meddelel*
ser 4. R„ 75. B„ 4. H„ Kbhvn. 1926.
3. Berg.A.: Bidragtil Kundskab om Færøerne. Nykjøbing 1889. Pp. 122.
4. Betænkning om Færøernes Erhvervsforhold. Thorshavn 1939.
5. Boeg, A.: Et epidemiologisk Bidrag til Lungeftisens Ætiologi. Køs
benhavn 1902. Pp. 154.
6. Carlsen, ].: Lunge« og Strubetuberkulose. Tuberkulosen i Almindes
lighed 1890—1909, í: Medicinalberetning for den danske Stat for
Aaret 1909. Kbhvn. 1912, p. 189.
7. Carlsen, J.: Tuberkulosestatistik for det egentlige kongerige Dan»
mark 1906—09, í: Medicinalberetning for den danske Stat for Aaret
1913. Kbhvn. 1916.
8. Djurhuus, Z.: Aarsberetning fra det veterinære Sundhedsraad for
Aaret 1898. København 1899, p. 27.
9. Effersøe, G.: Grein í «Føroya felag móti tuberklasjúku». Beretning,
1. Aargang 1926, p. 48.
10. Effersøe, R. C.: Landbruget og Husdyrbruget paa Færøerne. Kbhvn.
1886, Pp. 60.
11. Faber, K.: Tuberkulosedødelighedens Aftagen i Danmark. Nord.
med. 1930, 2: 113.
12. Faber, K.: Trydes Expedition til Færøerne. Ugesk. f. læger 1944,
106: 1283.