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184 REPORT OF THE LEPROSY COMMISSION:
DIVISION.
District.
Total Population in which the Leper-ratios have been calculated.
Total lumber of Lepers.
Proportion per 10,000 of population.
REMARKS.
Bengal-contd.
Chittagong.
Chittagong
1,290,167
304
2.3
Noakholly
1,009,693
148
1.4
Tipperah
1,782,935
696
3.8
Chittagong Hill
Tracts
107,286
64
5.9
TOTAL FOR CHITTAGONG
4,190,081
1,212
2.8
TOTAL FOR BENGAL
PROPER
38,277,339
26,777
6 9
Patna
Patna
1,769,004
692
3.9
Gya
2,138,331
1,621
7.5
Shahabad
2,043,060
915
4.4
Mozufferpore
2,711,445
751
2.7
Durbhanga
2,801,955
660
2.3
Sarun
2,467.477
1,095
4.4
Chumparun
1,859,465
593
3.1
TOTAL FOR PATNA
15,790,737
6,327
4.0
Bhagalpur
Monghyr
2,036,021
1,313
6.4
Bhagalpur
2,032,696
932
4.5
Purneah
1,944,658
1,204
6.1
Maldah
814,919
497
6.0
Sonthal Pergunnahs.
1,754,196
699
3.9
TOTAL FOR BHAGAL-
PUR
8,582,490
4,645
5.4
TOTAL FOR BEHAR.
24,373,227
10,972
4.5
Orissa
Cuttack
1,938,132
1,683
8.6
Pooree
944,998
1,473
15.5
Balasore
994,625
1,201
12.0
Angul
103,743
51
4.9
TOTAL FOR ORISSA
3,981,498
4,408
11.0
DIVISION.
District.
Total Population in which the Leper-ratios have been calculated.
Total lumber of Lepers.
Proportion per 10,000 of population.
REMARKS.
Bengal-contd.
Chittagong.
Chittagong
1,290,167
304
2.3
Noakholly
1,009,693
148
1.4
Tipperah
1,782,935
696
3.8
Chittagong Hill
Tracts
107,286
64
5.9
TOTAL FOR CHITTAGONG
4,190,081
1,212
2.8
TOTAL FOR BENGAL
PROPER
38,277,339
26,777
6 9
Patna
Patna
1,769,004
692
3.9
Gya
2,138,331
1,621
7.5
Shahabad
2,043,060
915
4.4
Mozufferpore
2,711,445
751
2.7
Durbhanga
2,801,955
660
2.3
Sarun
2,467.477
1,095
4.4
Chumparun
1,859,465
593
3.1
TOTAL FOR PATNA
15,790,737
6,327
4.0
Bhagalpur
Monghyr
2,036,021
1,313
6.4
Bhagalpur
2,032,696
932
4.5
Purneah
1,944,658
1,204
6.1
Maldah
814,919
497
6.0
Sonthal Pergunnahs.
1,754,196
699
3.9
TOTAL FOR BHAGAL-
PUR
8,582,490
4,645
5.4
TOTAL FOR BEHAR.
24,373,227
10,972
4.5
Orissa
Cuttack
1,938,132
1,683
8.6
Pooree
944,998
1,473
15.5
Balasore
994,625
1,201
12.0
Angul
103,743
51
4.9
TOTAL FOR ORISSA
3,981,498
4,408
11.0
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