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Table III-continued.
To show in how many Cases a Supposed Contagion can be traced
from Husband to Wife, or vice versa.
NAME OF ASYLUM, ETC.
No. of couples of which one individual was affected with leprosy for at least five years.
No. of instances in which disease spread from one to the other.
REMARKS.
Madras
25
1
Madura
41
3(4)
(4) In two cases the diagnosis was
very doubtful.
Mandalay
34
Moulmein
2
Nagpur
26
3(5)
(5) In one case husband and wife affected at the same time.
Naini and Allahabad
8
Prome
11
Purulia
13
4
Rangoon
9
1
Rawalpindi
1
Sialkot
1
Subathu
4
Tanjore
3
Tarn Taran
17
4(6)
(6) In one case wife acquired leprosy three years after husband's death, who had had leprosy for six years.
Thayetmyo
7
Trichinopoly
5
Umballa
1
TOTAL
381
25
It will be seen from this table that there were 381 couples
of which one member became a leper and continued to live
with the other for a certain period. Or, expressing it in other
words, 381 healthy persons lived intimately with an equal
number of individuals, exposing themselves to all possible risk
of contagion, and of this number only 25 subsequently became