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ACCORDING to the latest annual report of Di'Vilmundur Jonsson, director of public health, health conditions in Iceland are generally satisfactory. The death-rate is 10.2 per 1,000, and the infantile mortality-rate of 29 per 1,000 is remarkably low; deficiency diseases are infrequent, rheumatic fever and diabetes are rare, and diphtheria, which was once very fatal among children, is now kept in check by immunization. On the other hand, there is a relatively high rate for tuberculosis, and pneumonia is an important cause of death.
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Health of Iceland. Nature 147, 413 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147413c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147413c0