TABLE 33
LEPROST CASES 1970 TO 1979
I) Incidence of Leprosy
TABLE 32
New Cases
Incidence Rater
Year
No.#
per 100,000
V.D.R.L. EXAMINATIONS IN EXPECTANT MOTHERS 1975 TO 1979
Imported
Cages
New Cases Admitted to
Hei Ling Chau Lai Chi Kok
Leprosarium Hospital
population
1970
135
3.4
20
1971
117
2.9
14
1972
101
2.5
1973
100
2.4
14
2 2 2 8
70
35
16
79
47
Examinations
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1974
119
2.8
12
36
1975
78
1.8
1
27
Venous Blood
633 17
66021
66884
66790
68966
1976
76
1.1
2
34
1977
T3
1.6
+
Positive
378
261
325
385
36
1978
74
1979
70
1.5
1.4
5
7
22
24
23
20
Pomitiva
0.60
0.40
0.49
0.58
0.53
* Based on revised population estimates after 1976 By-Census »
# Including imported cases,
II) Number of New Cases by Age 1979
Age Group
No. of casea
Under 1
1
5
9
A
10
15
20
25
30
35
8 5 8 & 8 3 8 08ŭ 8
14
T
19
3
24
4
29
6
34
8
39
11
40
44
7
45
www
49
8
50
54
4
55
W
59
6
60 &
over
13
Total
70
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