The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-14
LEPRosY IN NORWAY.

LEPROSY IN NORWAY.
According to statistics the number
of lepers in the period lSS1-S5 were in
all, 1895; of these were 522 in asylums
for lep+rs.
At the end of the year 1890 was the
number $50, 484 men and 476 women;
in the asylums 507 and in the country
districts 453.
In the period 1860 were cured AZ.
OF $50 lepers there died: In 1886, 1876;
1887, Ill; 1888, SO; 1889, Sc; 1890, l22.
Age-10 to 10 years, 3; Is to 20 years,
10; 20 to 80 years, 90; 30 TO 40 years,
10S; 40 to so years, S8; 80 to go years,
81; 60 TO 20 years, 81; 30 to so years,
80; so to sc years, Is. Total, 656. For
persons is the age unknown.
OF the lepers living at the end of
the year 1890, 40 were suffering from
the tuberculose form, Al from the an
aesthetic form, and 46 of the mixed
form.
The numbers of lepers in Norway in
the following years We're: 1856, 21l3;
1860, 2O6S; 1865, 2l36; 1870, 2055; 1875,
1771; 1880, 1906; 1885, 1875; 1856, ll40;
1857, ZIG; 1888, 1897; 1889, 1912; 1880,
! $50.
At the end of 1856 there were 2ST7
| lepers; for the years lS57-90 new cases,
| AZ. s; total cases 35 years (lSo6-lS90),
| 1888. OF these are 1S6 cured and 6i73
| deceased.
Hospitals and asylums are ..
or 49S residing in hospitals were
| 2O.9 per cent. farmers; 269 per cent.
cottars; 17.3 of the serving class; S.4
per cent. sailors and fishers.
SHIPPING.
With respect to steamers, Norway
-. W n nd
| in 1892 No. in rank; Great Britain,
| the United States, Germany, France
and Spain having larger image.
The effective tonnage g tons equal
| ing ! steamship tom is now approach
| ing France, which on Jan. /, 1892, had
2,170, 100 effective tons, while Norway,
as said above, shows 2, 127, 200, differ
! ence only of $4,000 tons.
| In the last ten years the sailing YES
| sells number has been reduced by $50
| vessels, while the tonnage has been
| increased by 40 600 tons.
In the same period the steamers
| have been increased in number as
we'll as In tonnage by 376 vessels with
,SS4 tons.
| In 1892, new vessels built in this
country numbered SO steamers with
! l2,G2S tons; bought from foreign coun-
tries 30,747 tons.
In the shipping between Norway
and foreign ports there were employed
| I'm 1891, H. 62 vessels; arrived, $751;
931 tons; departed, 2,339,03 tons.
The four-tifth parts of the sail and
| three-fifths of the steam shipping was
done by Norwegian ships.
Shipping in foreign countries under
the Norwegian flag: By Norwegian
vessels 81, 612 voyages were performed,
of which 1885 were between Norway
and foreign countries, and l4,227 be-
tween foreign countries.
In the foreign trade there were en-
| ployed 5122 vessels with 2,016, SS7 tons.
On each vessel is reckoned ga vOy-
| ages.
Each steamer has made IS voyages,
with about Il frelghts.
The brutto-freight earned by foreign
trading shows Kr. 103, IFS, 400, which
make for each sailing ton As Kr. Og.;
| steamship ton l64 Kroner.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
In the year 1871 was enacted law
for regulating the sale of spirituous
| LIQUORS in the following manner:
| All license holders privileges to sell
spirits are TO be transferred to associ
atoms CSamlag.) To procure the
funds shares of 400 Krone (about ED
Sterllngl were SOlu anu lllS Sllal c
holders should have a preperential
payment of 5 per cent. The profits
thereover are to be applied to the
promotion of education, towards
museums, libraries and gymnastic
establishments, grants to asylums for
children, Improvements of public
gardens, etc, etc.
According to this law, there has
since 1871, been established sam
lags'' in all Norwegian towns except
three small towns each of which have
under 500 inhabitants.) The liquor
shops in Norway have in this period
been reduced from sol to 227, that is,
from one on sol inhabitants TO one on
I4l3 inhabitants, or more precisely, as
the sale is concentrated in the towns
to one shop for each $500 inhabitants.
In the period 1S71-75, the consume of
spirits was IS liIre lat 100 per cent.
a1cohoD per individual. In the pc
riod 1SS6-90, it sunk to 1.5 litre.
We learn by this that Norway at
present is the most sober country in
north and middle Europe.
Christiania sold spirituous liquors
in 1892 per ca. 800, 900 Krom, of these
were G2Sl 600 applied to such benev-
client objects as named above.
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