Leper Asylums : Establishment of—
No. 4900.
GENEEAL DEPAETMENT.
Bombay Castle, 7th December 1882.
Bead again—
Government Resolution No. 1551, dated 18th June 1879—Expressing the regret of
Government at their inability to comply with the request of the Joint Secretaries, Sassoon
Infirm Asylum, Poona, for the construction of an hospital for lepers at Poona ; and request-
ing the Commissioner, C. D., to collect information regarding the number of lepers in his
Division.
Government Resolution No. 733, dated 11th March 1880—-Requesting, before orders
are passed on the returns submitted by the Commissioner, C. D., that similar information
should be collected and submitted by the other Commissioners of Divisions and the Commis-
sioner in Sind.
Read also—
Letter from the Commissioner in Sind," Forwarding, with reference to Government
No. 1007, dated 20th July 1880.
| Resolution No. 733, dated 11th March
Letter from the Commissioner, N. D.,
1880, particulars as regards the number of
No. 1737, dated 29th July 1880.
lepers in their Divisions, their age, resi-
Letter from the Commissioner, S. D.,
dence and whether the disease is heredi-
No. 2471, dated 11th October 1880.
tary or otherwise.
Government Memorandum No. 3219, dated 26th October 1881—-Returning the reporta
of the Commissioners, C. D., N. D. and S. D., called for in the Resolutions of the 18th June
1879 and 11th March 1880, cited above, with a request that revised reports may be submitted
showing particulars as regards only those persons who suffer from true or black leprosy.
Memorandum from the Commissioner, N. D.,
No. 277, dated 4th February 1881.
! Forwarding amended statements show-
Memorandum from the Commissioner, S. D., ! ing cases of black or true leprosy
No. 525, dated 26th February 1881.
in the Collectorates of their Divi-
Memorandum from the Commissioner, C. D.,
sions.
No. P.-1293, dated 13th June 1881.
Memorandum from the Commissioner, N. D., No. 2877, dated 28th September 1881—
Forwarding, in reply to Government memorandum No. 2081 of 30th June 1881, a report
from the Collector of Kaira furnishing information regarding lepers in the Kaira
District.
RESOLUTION.—In June 1879 the Commissioner, C. D., submitted a representa-
tion from the Joint Secretaries of the Sassoon Infirm Asylum, Poona, to the effect
that as the maintenance of lepers formed a heavy charge upon the funds
of the Institution, which was primarily intended for the infirm only, Government
should undertake to maintain the lepers. The state of the finances did not
permit Government to comply with the request of the Joint Secretaries, but they
considered it desirable that information should be collected as to the number of
lepers in the different parts of the Presidency, including Bind, so as to enable
them to judge what measures should be adopted for the mitigation of the disease.
Instructions were issued accordingly in Government Resolutions No. 1551, dated
18th June 1879, and No. 733, dated 11th March 1880, for the collection of the
necessary information. The statements received from the Northern, Central
and Southern Divisions had to be returned for correction as they did not clearly
distinguish black or true leprosy from what is known as ordinary or white leprosy,
which, is merely a cutaneous affection from which, the individuals who are subject
to it suffer no other inconvenience than that of losing the colour of portions of the
skin. The revised statements received from the three Divisional Commissioners
contain statistical information regarding individuals suffering from black or true
leprosy only. The returns for Sind include cases of both white and black leprosy,
but the two forms of disease are clearly distinguished.
2. From the returns now before Government the following statement has
been prepared snowing the number of persons in the different Districts of
the Bombay Presidency, including Sind, who were affected with black or true
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