PART II "I Number of Lepers recorded in the Census Return of India. 437 



TABLE I. 



Showing the Number of Leprous Persons, and the Proportion in the Three Presidencies, 

 together with the Total Population on which the Ratios have been calculated. 



Bengal Presidency 

 Madras „ 



Bombay „ 



Grand Total in British India 



Total Population 



on which the 

 Leper-ratios have 

 been calculated. 



135,456,138 

 31,152,272 



16.228,774 



182,837,184 



Total 

 Lepers. 



71,287 

 13,944 

 13,842 



99,073 



Proportion of Lepers 



in every 10,000 



[Ten Thousand] of 



the Population. 



5-2 

 4-4 

 8-5 



5-4 



Of the three Presidencies, Madras, though not containing the fewest lepers, taking 

 the absolute numbers, presents the lowest ratio, viz., 44 to 100,000 ; whereas Bombay 

 presents a proportion of leprous population nearly double that of Madras — 85 lepers 

 to every 100,000, although the absolute number of lepers in the Bombay Presidency 

 is slightly fewer. The Presidency of Bengal furnishes an intermediate proportion — 

 very considerably lower, however, when the whole Presidency is considered, than that 

 of Bombay. The figures in the following table, however, point to the fact that one 

 of the divisions in Bengal (Burdwan) contains a greater proportion of lepers, and 

 absolute numbers almost as great as those of the whole of the Bombay or Madras 

 Presidency. 



In Table II. (on the following pages) will be seen the figures giving the total numbers 

 of lepers recorded in the Census Eeturns of this country, but on the present occasion it 

 will be sufficient to refer to them collectively, for the most part, as it will be more 

 convenient to examine them categorically on a future occasion. 



With regard to the portions of the Table that refer to the Punjab, Oudh, and 

 the Berars, it is to be remarked that the statistical details are not so fully given as 

 in other parts of the country, so that we have been compelled to resort to such official 

 documents as we could procure other than the local Census Eeports. In arranging 

 the Leper Eeturns for the Punjab, for instance, we have made use of some valuable 

 data which its Sanitary Commissioner, Dr. D'Eenzy, had collected ; and the figures 

 regarding leprosy in the Berars were obtained from the Oudh Census Eeport, published 

 in 1869. Unfortunately when the census of Oudh itself was taken, the leper population 

 was ascertained in only one district, Hurdui, so that merely an estimate of the aggregate 

 number can be submitted. During the present year, however, another district has 

 been registered, that of Unao, and this gives a proportionate result precisely corresponding 

 with that registered on a former occasion. 



With these exceptions, the figures in the Table have been derived from the original 

 census records as published by various local Grovernments.* 



* In some of the Census Keports the nearest whole numbers have been given instead of the decimal fraction. 



