Care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy : report of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, United States Senate, on S. 4086, a bill to provide for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy, and to prevent the spread of leprosy in the United States.

  • United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine.
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1916
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Credit: Care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy : report of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, United States Senate, on S. 4086, a bill to provide for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy, and to prevent the spread of leprosy in the United States. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eit ‘ nee poe 112 ‘TREATMENT. OF PERSONS AFFLICTED WITH LEPROSY. ‘TasLe No. 37.—Lepers in Sweden at the end of 1912, according to place of orig. {Sources: Sveriges officiella Statisti.. Allmiin Hiilso och Sjukvard Ar 1912.] OMANI w Fe OAS NG : Province. ronan Breites he 9 . BGR Oeer oes ee eae a Samba t ee see tos alee wetness 346, 848 2 bn BIMCRMORE COUEGY cs 08s. one es cap eh ove ecak Sane chu c eed cab ia Ween cace ess 232, 390 1 eS popeals CME at as eae Ra a ioe gees AN eh 5 SOUR < 0's gn aU ea oe 129,965 1 7. WeMeIOE: GORGV eer ta soe she a hark pee nad phe nu atonerenhy ceaeseiwnene ee 231.323 1 4. GREE ATA Eo nas cae oc hs oa eM U ea TENG OEP ENS Porte oe keane ss 22 BOy OO: ea 35. Gocenorg and Hows Counties... css aad ees cis 386, 608 1 = 9 RUDE UNI oe hath cos whee UCR T ES ww ath REE E ASO Sarganek a 291.720 A : SOO PE DETS COUNIEY... «50 cdc nga 0s pind diene Oe Ng WG Rae a Aan Meee epee 237,147 20 84, fiavieborg County............ et i at St Se a Re eae eS OS 257,345 31 190, Wusternorriond Couney ooo ss ss sn oe oS tay ne eae ‘S25 wake eee 234,019 5 19, jJamtland County...... rey OES ene soa Geena et wees ES aN Ale eg ge ge 163.625 2 12, ther Provinces. 2s... 22s... PENS ee ee see Pere ree mers wee | fettestces 0, CNS ECS CAND renee gee et ee epee hors 5, 601, 195 | 67 | 12.0 __Nore.—The two infected Provinces, Kopparberg and Giivleborg, are situated in the north-central pet ef the country from the Baltic to the Norwegian frontier, =~ oe TABLE No. 38.—Number of lepers in Finland, 1910. [Source: Medicinalstyrelsens Beriittelse for Ar 1910, Helsingfors, 1912.| Number | Rate per Population.| 5+ lepers. |.1,000,000. PN as hc Getes sanskee Soe as cadeeet jeer RAnRaee Comah eee snaage<neies 42 27.2 Females mee pees eewesoeeeneesesee Peewee seseseneeesesscesee seneeseseenerene 1,568, 503 : 38 24,2 Es Wile 2 oe re ee ees ices erences eacroeoveasiaveses 3, 115, 197 %.7 ‘Nore.—During 1910 there were 7 new cases and 9 deaths from lepresy. : Taste No. 89.—Number of lepers in Prussia, 1911. {Source: Das Gesundheitswesen des Preussischen Staates im Jahre 1911.} | te Number | Rate per || e ‘ Number Rate per 2 Province. Population. ‘of lepers. | 1,000,000. Population.) of lepers. | 1,000,000. KOnigsberg...... $16; 533 aerate 0.0 Gumbinnen.:.... ~Aptishorg 5 35.5. AG, 500, 283 90 2.2 BMD eee ss: y 1 All in the district of Memel. -Tauie No. 40.—Number of lepers in Spain, 190}. / |Source: Dr. Ph. Hauser. La Geografia Medica de la Peninsula Tberica.] Page NS | . | Number | Rate per Pena ee: SEo Oe ‘Number | Rate per Province. | Population, Province. . ton.| | p ‘| of lepers. 1,000,000. | of ‘e repent On| of lepers. | 1,000,000. . Re i 4 i € ic ¥ Alicante ......... 475, 684 117 | - 246.0 } Pontevedra...... 464, 55 ese | 58, 1 WOGhs «iy. nese: | 457, 683 1 eee i ROMA cas Sagan: £68,028 | -~ 34) 59.9 2 0 0) se 314, 632 70 O25 i Tarragona......<} 336,978 | : 9 26 @ordoba . 2.62... 469,774; - 21 ee. * Ge | Valencia s.002%..) 825,106} ~~ 122 147, 9. Spratds. ... 23h. 655, 046 21 32.1 | AH other Prov-|~ ~~ Grariada........: 497,085 27 » BAB Nees. vce bees 12, 740, 660 |.......:.- 0.0 © Huelva... 3. 5: ie 277. 489 6 21.6 ; z ; —_——-——— | = Malaga. .>..:-.... 506, 349 67 132,3 Total. .....| 18,589, 016 522 | Bel _ _ NotE.—The Canary Islands are not included in the above table. . During the years 1901-1906 there were % deaths from leprosy in the Canary Islands, giving an annual death rate of 32.9 per 1,000,000 population.