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leprosy is endemic would be by no means conclusive, as the possibility of remote 

 hereditary taint or even of de novo development of the disease would remain. In 

 the present instance, as will be seen, we are fortunately not obliged to enter into 

 such considerations. 



The following statement shows the numbers of male and female married lepers 

 and of the condition of their husbands and wives : — 



TABLE XVIII. 



Condition of Wives and Husbands of Married Lepers. 



Of the 52 lepers married, 18 had leprous wives or husbands, but as 17 of 

 these marriages were contracted between lepers in the Asylum, there remains only 

 one case in which the possibility of contagion is to be considered, and certainly this 



