Census of India, 1911 .. . unjab and theNorth-West Frontier Province. In the two last-mentioned provinces thereare only 17 male and 8 female lepers per hundred thousand of each sex. Tlieoccurrence of leprosy is very local, and its prevalence varies enormously withinprovincial boundaries. This will be clearly seen, from the map* facing thispage which shows the incidence of the disease in individual districts. In theHimalayan natural division of the Punjab the proportion of lepers is thirtytimes as great as it is in the North-West Dry Area. The map shows furtherthat the districts where lejorosy
Census of India, 1911 .. . unjab and theNorth-West Frontier Province. In the two last-mentioned provinces thereare only 17 male and 8 female lepers per hundred thousand of each sex. Tlieoccurrence of leprosy is very local, and its prevalence varies enormously withinprovincial boundaries. This will be clearly seen, from the map* facing thispage which shows the incidence of the disease in individual districts. In theHimalayan natural division of the Punjab the proportion of lepers is thirtytimes as great as it is in the North-West Dry Area. The map shows furtherthat the districts where lejorosy is most common are widely scattered. Theyinclude North Arakan, the Chin Hills and Sagaing in Burma; Simla, Nahanand Chamba in the Punjab ; Almora in the IJnited Provinces ; JJankura, Bir-bhum and BurdAvan in Bengal; Drug in the Central Provinces and Berar, and • Maps showing similar details for previous censuses will be fouud in the Report of the Indian LejirosyCommission of 1891 iind in the India Census Report for >aste. wu» MAP SHOWINGTHE DISTRIBUTION OF LEPERS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 19U.
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