Leprosy in India : a report / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham.

  • Timothy Richards Lewis
Date:
1877
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Credit: Leprosy in India : a report / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    With regard to the portions of the Table that refer to ° the Punjab, Oudb, and the Be- imperfect information regarding rars, it is to be remarked that the Punjab, Oudh, and the Berars. , iij-i j. the statistical details are not so fully given as in other parts of the country, so that we have been compelled to resort to such official documents as we could procure other than the local Census Reports. In ar- ranging the Leper Returns for the Punjab, for instance, we have made use of some valuable data which its Sanitary Com- missioner, Dr. D'Renzy, had collected; and the figures re- garding leprosy in the Berars were obtained from the Oudh Census Report published in 1869. Unfortunately when the census of Oudh itself was taken, the leper population was ascertained in only one district, Hurdui, so that merely an estimate of the aggregate number can be submitted. During the present year, however, another district has been regis- tered, that of Unao, and this gives a proportionate result precisely corresponding with that registered on a former occasion. With these exceptions, the figures in the Table have been derived from the original census records as published by the various local Governments.* The localities in which Lepuost is exceptionally prevalent. It may be useful to indicate, generally, in what parts of the country leprosy is exception- ci^T^^liT^''ally prevalent, so that the at- tention of observers who may happen to reside in such localities may be arrested; and it is hoped that they may be thus induced to take a special interest in the endeavour to elucidate some peculiarities which the district or its inhabitants may present when carefully searched after. It is obvious that over such a vast area very small communities cannot be thought of in a general review, so that, perhaps, for the purpose of the present report, it will be sufficient to select such districts or tracts of country as are exceptionally unfortunate in this respect, which contain not fewer than, say, 100,000 souls. It may be assumed that a locality with such a population and with a proportion of lepers equivalent to 20 per 10,000—that is to say, of 1 leper to every 500 persons— the dlimal'ac°ion'^ Reports the nearest whole numbers have been given instead of
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