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Excepting in the cases of Mainpuri and Kumaun, the history statements received
from all other districts were prepared by the Civil Surgeons immediately after examina-
tion of the persons named as suffering from leprosy—the facts, as elicited at the time
of examination, being at once recorded, and often in the handwriting of the Civil Sur-
geon. The history statements from Kumaun were prepared by the Superintendent of
the Leper Asylum at Almora. The history statements from Mainpuri, numbering 472,
and taking account of all the lepers in the district known to the police, were prepared
by the district civil authorities.
4. My request, in regard to this matter, was for a minimum of 30 histories from
each district, hoping to encourage willingness for the work, and consequent accuracy,
by asking little. But I need scarcely say I should have welcomed a more extended
series of histories, even to a record in like form of every known case of leprosy in the
Province. The record from Mainpuri seems to have been well effected, and recogni-
tion of this self-imposed task—evidence of willing interest in the work—is certainly
due to the Magistrate.
Undoubtedly, the possession of a history of every known case would have permit-
ted the establishment of fixed conclusions in regard to all points in this investigation,
and an addition of finality and perfection might have been impressed on the work I have
to do in this direction, could my report have had an extended information like that
for foundation.
Yet I think it is likely that, by a careful consideration of the 1,531 cases collected,
the principal facts, in regard to this matter, may be clearly enunciated, and a satisfac-
tory answer provided to the enquiries propounded by the Government of India.
5. In regard to the extent to which leprosy exists in each district. This
can be answered, perhaps satisfactorily, by quoting the figures of the census re-
port of this Province for 1872, as concerns this subject. For, amongst many important
facts recorded in Mr. Plowden's admirable census report, the number of persons re-
turned as lepers in each district has a place. In the succeeding statement, to the
number of lepers living in each district in 1871, I add the district population and
the resulting ratio of lepers to each thousand of population :
District.
Garhwál ...
Kumaun ...
Tarái ...
Bijnor ...
Moradabad ...
Bareilly ...
Budaun ...
Sháhjahánpur ...
Delira Dún ...
Saháranpur ...
Muzaffarnagar ...
Meerut ...
Bulandshahr ...
Aligarh ...
Etah ...
Muttra ...
Farukhabad ...
Agra ...
Etáwah ...
Maiupuri ...
301,282
432,888
185,647
737,152
1,122,131
1,506,801
934,348
949,471
115,711
883,782
690,082
1,273,914
936,593
1,073,108
703,485
887,355
918,748
1,094,184
668,581
765,783
747
824
22
193
649
421
431
540
220
95
227
305
376
240
387
122
163
320
59
94
248
1·90
0·12
0·26
0·58
0·27
0·46
0·57
0·19
0·11
0·33
0·24
0·40
0·22
0·55
0·14
0·18
0·30
0·09
0·12
District.
Cawnpore . . .
Hamírpur . . .
Banda
...
Fatehpur ...
Allahabad ...
Jaunpur ...
Gorakhpur ...
Basti ...
Azamgarh ...
Gházipur ...
Benares ...
Mirzapur ...
Jalaun ...
Jhansi
...
Lalitpur
...
Total of N. W. Provinces
1,155,439
529,137
697,611
663,815
1,394,245
1,025,869
2,019,350
1,472,998
1,531,410
1,345,401
793,699
1,015,293
404,384
317,735
212,628
30,769,056
219
291
918
140
173
87
465
135
169
371
285
200
123
58
30
10,09
0·19
0·55
1·32
0·21
0·13
0·08
0·23
0·09
0·11
0·28
0·36
0·20
0·30
0·18
0·14
0·328
From this statement it appears that the disease is present in all districts, the
greatest prevalence existing in the Himalaya country of Gárhwal and Kumaun and
the trans-Jumna district of Banda.
6. It seems very likely, however, that, although the record of the census, as
regards this matter, may be accepted as a trustworthy guide to the relative preva-
lence of the disease in the different portions of the Province, it does not correctly
state the actual number of cases in existence in 1872. For example, in the Main-
puri District the census records 94 persons affected with leprosy there, whilst the
nominal roll I possess gives a detailed account of 472 cases existing in that
district in 1875, In Etah a numerical abstract of cases of leprosy known to the
police in that district provides a total of 653 lepers, while the census total is only
387. A nominal roil of lepers in the Agra District in my possession shows a total
of 530 lepers in that district, against a total of 320 in the census report ; and the
Civil Surgoon of Gorakhpur estimates the number of lepers at many hundreds in
that district—the census statement is 465.