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Leprosy in India. 



PART II. 



TABLE VIII. 



Number of Female Lepers admitted into the Asylum at Almora, with the numbers of 

 those who have died, of those who have left the Asykim, and of those remaining in it. 



During the entire period in which the Asylum has been in existence, 2 1 1 patients 

 — 127 males and 84 females — have been received into it up to the end of June 1876. 

 Since 1866, from which date alone accurate registration has been conducted, the 

 numbers present in the Asylum in any year have, on an average, amounted to 97'2, 

 ranging from 106 in 1869 to 85 in the commencement of the current year. The 

 numbers annually admitted have varied from 4 in 1866 to 25 in 1874. Previous to 

 1866, 13 males and 23 females were admitted. Since that time the number of males 

 admitted has, almost every year, largely exceeded that of females — a fact which is 

 no doubt greatly due, as has been already pointed out in regard to the census returns, 

 ta a greater tendency to conceal the occurrence of the disease when occurring in females. 

 Of the total of 211 cases admitted, 43 have left the Asylum at various dates and 

 76 have died. As the patients are under no restraint, the comparatively small number 

 leaving speaks well for the comfort enjoyed by the inmates. 



The deaths since 1866 have varied from 24 in 1874 to 11 in 1872. No deaths 

 have been recorded as having occurred between 1866 and 1872, but 36 per cent, of 

 the total cases admitted, or 45-2 per cent, of the admissions after deducting those leaving 

 the Asylum, have died since 1872. The causes of death in the various years cannot 

 now be determined, as, until quite recently, there was no medical establishment connected 

 with the institution. This is to be regretted, as the fluctuation in the number of 

 deaths is very considerable. Such an absence of information fortunately cannot occur 

 again, as the Asylum is now under the supervision of a medical officer, and has a 



