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over 100 years that a wall of sufficient height to prevent the lepers absconding is being built round the leper premises at Hendela, at Kalmunai there is practically no protection for keeping them in.
1. NAME OF INSTITUTION FOR LEPROSY,
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NORTHERN PROVINCE. Number of known cases, 12.
Total No. of Cases known to be present
in the year.
Year.
No. of New Cases of Leprosy recognised during the year.
in the Country/Colony
No. of Deaths from Leprosy during the year.
Estimated Population
of the Country/Colony.
No. of Patienta,
Name of Institution.
No. of Beda.
At beginning of 1908.
At end of 1908.
1397
1898
1899
1900
Hendela
Kalmunai
382 30
320 18
325 26
1901
1902
1903
1904
I am, &c.,
1905
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
A. PERRY,
1906
Colombo.
Principal Chief Medical Officer and Inspector-General of Hospitals.
1907
1908
1
12
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337,416
340,052
339,579
347,043
352,938
349,759
345,670
5
350,533
350,677
320,354
359,137
1
363,276
12
8
WESTERN PROVINCE.
List of questions respecting leprosy. Number of known cases.
Year.
No. of New Casca recognised during the year.
Total No. of Cases known to be present
in the Colony
No. of Deaths from Leprosy during
Estimated Population
of the Colony.
the year.
in the year.
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1901
124
1905
1906
1907
1908
111
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92
Year.
SOUTHERN PROVINCE. Number of known cases.
Number of New Cases
of Leprosy recognised during the year.
Total Number of Cases known to be present in the Colony in the year (Southern Province).
Number of Deaths from Leprosy during the year.
29
3,100,607
46
3,448,752
45
3,489,293
1897
39
3,612,303
1898
21 11
43
3,619,165
1899
15
41
3,685,267
1900
26
83
3,745,562
1901
22
58
3,812,931
1902
11
74
3,950,123
1903
33
67
3,984,985
1901
27
66
3,988,064
1905
14
62
4,038,456
1906
15
1907
8
1908
17
CENTRAL PROVINCE.
Statement called for by Principal Chief Medical Officer's Circular, No. 34, of
Year.
Estimated
Population
of the Country/Colony (Southern
Province).
510,335
520,317
532,123
540,902
561,315
569,944
579,827 591,238
603,270
569,740
591,354
626,218
EASTERN PROVINCE.
Number of known cases, 123.
Number of new cases
of Leprosy recognised during the year.
Total number of new
cases known to be present in the Country/Colony in the year.
Number of deaths from Leprosy during the year.
Estimated population
of the
Country or Colony.
Not available
1897
135,761
14
1898
139.538
1899
605,290
1900
622,817
1901
626,278
1902
During this period 97 new cases were recognised. I am not able to ascer-
During this period
there
were 20
141,159
deaths. I am not
143,012
97
able to ascertain
146,658
632,322
1903
tain the number
the number of
149,044
644,135
1904
recognised each
deaths, that oc-
152,218
648,270
1905
year.
curred each year.
154,789
153,522
650,986
1906
651,969
151,640
1907
659,772
1908
22 4
22
155,216
6
157,219
Total
123
123
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17th April, 1909.
Number of New Case
Year.
of Leprosy recognised
Number of Deaths.
during the year.
Total number of Cases known to be present in the Province.
Estimated population,
1897
7
1898
1
1899
8
1900
10
1901
13
1902
1903
1901
1905
9
1906
13
1907
9
1908
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