Report on leprosy by the Royal College of Physicians, prepared for Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies; with an appendix.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London ; Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1867]
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Credit: Report on leprosy by the Royal College of Physicians, prepared for Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies; with an appendix. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 13. Can you state the number of leprous persons maintained at the public expense in the colony of ? 14. Have you reason, from personal knowledge, to believe that the disease has been of late years,—say during the last 15 or 20 years,—on the increase in the colony of or otherwise ? And if so, please to state what in your opinion may have contributed to its increase or its diminution. 15. What results have you observed from the hygienic, the dietetic, or the medicinal treatment of the disease ? Does leprosy ever undergo a spontaneous cure ? and if so, at what stage of the disease ? Are you aware what proportion of the leprous poor treated at the public expense ia the colony of recover wholly or partially ? 16. What is the estimated population of the colony of ? and win. i was the last Census taken ? Is there a general and uniform registration of births and deaths, including the causes of death ? and if so, how long has such a registration existed ? 17. Can you state the name of the townships or districts in which leprosy prevails most, and give the number of lepers and the population in each of such townships or districts ? Please to add any other observations which you believe may serve to throw light u])on the predisponent or exciting causes of the disease, or which may bear on its prevention, mitigation, or cure. Any documents, printed or not, descriptive of the disease, as it has been observed at any time in the colony of with any reports of post-mortem examinations, or any pictorial illustrations, will be acceptable ; also copies of the Annual Registration Returns, and of other works bearing on the vital statistics of the colony.