No. 388, dated Bombay Castle, the 6th February 1878.
From-The Honourable E. W. RAVENSCROFT, C. S. I., Chief Secretary to
the Government of Bombay.
To-The Offg. Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
REFERRING to paragraph 8 of the Government of India's Resolu-
tion No. 1-136, dated 5th March 1875, Home Department, I am
directed to forward herewith copy of a summary, furnished by the
Sanitary Commissioner with this Government, of reports submitted by
officers of the Indian Medical Department on the distribution and
causation of leprosy in the Bombay Presidency.
No. 116, dated Bombay, the 7th January 1878.
From-G. HEWLETT, Esq., Acting Sanitary Commissioner, Bombay.
To-The Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay.
WITH reference to your memorandum No. 4014, dated 19th December 1876,
regarding the prevalence of leprosy in the Presidency, I have the honour to express
my regret at the delay that has taken place in answering it, which has arisen solely
from the fact that during the past year I have been engaged almost solely in
superintending the operations in the famine districts. For the same reason I have
been unable myself to institute any personal enquiry into the matter, and can now
only forward a summary of the reports of the different Civil Surgeons which have
been forwarded to me by Government.
The accompanying table shews the population of each Registration District,
and the number of lepers that were returned at the time of the census of 1872
who were living in each district. I do not suppose that these returns are very
accurate, but they indicate fairly the relative number of lepers found in each
district:
Districts.
Population according census of 1872.
Number of lepers.
Ratio per 10,000 of population.
Persons.
Males.
Females.
Persons.
Males.
Females.
Khandeish
1,028,642
1,532
1,206
326
15
23
7
Nasik
734,386
718
560
158
10
15
4
Ahmednagar
773,938
1,085
813
272
14
21
7
Puna
907,235
1,090
825
265
12
18
6
Sholapur
662,986
795
589
206
12
17
6
Satara
1,116,050
1,321
975
346
12
17
6
Belgaum
938,750
943
601
342
10
13
7
Dharwar
988,037
1,155
708
447
12
14
9
Kaladghi
816,037
607
410
197
7
10
5
Kanara
398,406
158
99
59
4
5
3
Ratnagiri
1,019,136
1,237
972
265
12
20
5
Kolaba
350,405
444
333
111
12
19
6
Bombay City
644,405
209
133
76
3
3
3
Tana
847,424
705
491
214
8
11
5
Surat
607,087
579
390
189
10
12
6
Broach
350,322
188
129
59
5
7
4
Kaira
782,733
411
313
98
5
7
3
Panch Mehals
240,743
114
87
27
5
7
2
Ahmedabad
829,637
242
175
67
3
4
2
Kurrachee
423,495
81
57
24
2
2
1
Hyderabad
721,947
126
73
53
2
2
2
Thur and Parkar
180,761
8
8
...
...
1
...
Shikarpur
776,227
87
61
26
1
1
1
Upper Sind Frontier
89,985
7
4
3
1
1
1
Total
16,228,774
13,842
10,012
3,830
8
12
5