Papers relating to leprosy in certain British colonies.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
1909
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Papers relating to leprosy in certain British colonies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    No. of New Total No. of No. of Colony or Protectorate. Year. Cases of Leprosy recognised Cases known to be present Deaths from Leprosy during Estimated Population. during the year during the year. the year. Malta—continued. 1904 6 66 5 202,134 1905 5 66 4 205,059 190G 1 68 2 206,689 1907 4 71 1 209,974 1908 4 66 4 212,888 Gambia 1908 5 5 1 8,800 Gold Coast 1897 24 ) . _ 1898 9 — 1899 6 — 1900 10 — 1901 1902 1903 1904 16 15 f 16 No accurate statistics available. 1 1 (M ^ Nearly 2 millions. Increase since census 1905 15 — of 1901 1906 19 — probable. 1907 27 1 1908 20 J . 1 Northern Nigeria* 1904 21 ] 1905 15 / 1906 16 > Not known No record. Estimated at 1907 59 7,000,000. 1908 33 ) Sierra Leonef 1905 26 i 1906 1907 1908 21 ( 13 ( 17 ) Not known Not known. Estimated at 1,247,929. Southern Nigeria, Western Pro- 1897 3 2 About vinoe. (Cases at Yaba Leper 1898 5 — 2 2,000,000. Asylum. Number for Colony 1899 14 — 4 or Protectorate quite un- 1900 16 — 6 known.) 1901 15 — 3 1902 10 — 2 1903 5 — 2 1904 6 — 3 1905 11 — 0 1906 9 — 1 1907 6 — 1 1908 5 — 5 Central Province ... 1907 2 4 About (Onitsha Asylum). 1908 8 37 7 2,000,000 Eastern Province ... 1907 40 2 1908 25 — 0 Basutoland ... 1897 No record 155 281,902 1898 155 — 1899 155 1900 36 191 1901 20 211 — 347,731 1902 16 227 1903 28 253 2 1904 12 257 8 1905 12 259 10 1906 162 421 1907 23 444 - 1908 28 472 — Bechuanaland Protectorate A few cases are known. See page 16. 130,000 ♦ Note.—All cases seen are sporadic cases which attend the various dispensaries as out-patients for relief of symptoms and are then lost sight of. t Note.-There is little doubt that the number of cases reported falls far short of the number that exists.