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Credit: Leprosy : summary of recent work no. 5. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![GENEVRAY (J.). La lépre en Nouvelle-Calédonie.— Bull. Soc. Path. fever, O1925; . Jann 148 Feb Th *Vol “18h “Nos. P'& 2. pp. 78-89. pp. 158-177. With 6 figs. & 3 maps in text. This paper gives a long account of leprosy in the French Australasian colony of New Caledonia, with a full history of the well-known out- break there. It brings out the fact that the disease is now decreasing considerably, and accounts for it mainly by the originally almost solely nodular infectious type of cases having become altered to show a considerable proportion of the relatively little infective nerve type, especially in the islands first infected. Many of the European convicts became infected, but they have for some time been isolated, and their numbers have fallen from the highest point of 211 to 158 in 1924 ; the death of 1,113 lepers of all nationalities in the last 10 years has played an important part in their reduction. The attempts to isolate the lepers, first in numerous leper villages, then in one central island colony, which had to be abandoned on account of its cost, and again in villages without much supervision are narrated, and the comparative failure of the attempts yet made to deal with the disease is pointed out. The laws are excellent, but lack of funds prevents their being enforced, and the writer advocates the appointment of a special medical officer to inspect all the leper villages and to carry out the laws regarding the discovery and isolation of the infected. He is of the opinion that if this done, and with proper financial support, it will prove successful in reducing the disease far more rapidly than hitherto. Ek. Dovuetas (A. R. J.). A Visit to Culion Leper Colony, Philippine Islands.— Lancet. 1925. Jan. 17 & 24. pp. 143-145. With 1 text fig; 201-204. With 1 text fig. [11 refs.] This is a general account, with no claim to originality, of the well- known Culion Leper Colony, based on a visit paid to it last year. It covers familiar ground dealt with in papers by the Culion medical staff in papers recently reviewed in this Bulletin, and includes an illustration of a group of 225 “negative ’’ lepers awaiting the com- pletion of six months “ negative period ’”’ before their release. This furnishes graphic evidence of the full use which is being made in this, the largest leper colony in the world, of the recent advances in our knowledge made by the splendid American and Filippino staff there. LL. i Woop (Leonard) ; OLDRIEVE (Frank) ; Doucras (A. R. J.) ; McKEan (James); Bartietr (C. L.). Leprosy Work at Culion. [Corre- spondence. |— Boston Med. & Surg. Jl. 1925. Mar. 19. Vol. 192. No. 12. pp. 571-576. The correspondence consists of letters forwarded for publication by General Leonard Wood, Governor of the Philippines, including reports made to him by visitors to the Culion Leper Settlement. The most important point is made by Mr. Oldrieve, when he urges the immediate necessity of providing homes for the untainted children of the lepers so as to put a stop to the numerous infections which have taken place among them ever since the colony was opened. iL. ks:](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32177628_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
