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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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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

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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

16

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