?( 3 ) It may, I think, be reasonably supposed that many persons afflicted with the disease concealed the fact at the time of the census. And the probable conclusion is, that throughout the Province considerably more than 10,099 persons afflicted with leprosy are in existence. That the total number of cases is likely to be greater, is further shown by a comparison of results recorded in regard to other countries where leprosy prevails. Thus, Dr. H. V. Carter records a ratio of 1·20 per 1,000 of popu- lation in Norway, and estimates the ratio in the Bombay Presidency to be rather under 1 per 1,000. The ratio arrived at by the help of the census figures in the North-Western Provinces is 0-33 per 1,000. 7. Although it may be accepted as absolutely true that leprosy is most preva- lent amongst the inhabitants of Kumaun, Garhwál and Bánda, yet all the evidence I have been able to collect points to the fact that no portion of these districts can be de- fined as the special home of leprosy. And the same remark holds good of all districts. It is true that many cases of the disease may be found, at one place, in all parts of the Province, because lepers congregate where they can best gain a livelihood by begging ; or, when Hindus, at places where, after death, their remains may without difficulty be put into the Ganges. But, as a rule, the homes, or places of first at- tack of these people, are widespread throughout the district to which they belong. There are, however, exceptions to this rule, as will appear hereafter. 8. In illustration of this point, I proceed to investigate the facts as recorded in the 1,531 histories, and I find that the original homes, or places of first attack, in these 1,531 cases were situated in 960 different centres of population, in accordance with the following list : Number of Number of centres of centres of District or country. population in which one or District or country. population in which one or more cases more cases originated. originated. Brought forward 697 Fatehpur 18 Garhwál 49 Allahabad 9 Kumaun 30 Jaunpur 19 Tarái 9 Gorakhpur 8 Bijnor 22 Basti 24 Moradabad 13 Azamgarh 18 Bareilly 15 Gházipur 19 Budaun 27 Benares 23 Shahjahanpur 6 Mirzapur 17 Dehra Dún 1 Jalaun 14 Sahárunpur 45 Jhánsi 9 Muzaffarnagar 11 Lalitpur 5 Meerut 7 Bulandshahr 33 Rámpur 3 Aligarh 12 Gwalior 16 Etah 16 Punjáb 8 Muttra 16 Oudh 12 Farukhabad 11 Nepal 3 Agra 17 Rajputana 20 Etáwah 9 Sindh 1 Mainpuri 334 Cabul 1 Cawnpore 5 Central Provinces 1 Hamírpur 7 Bengal 14 Bánda 2 Mauritius 1 Carried over 697 Total 960 This general rule of wide distribution is best illustrated in the case of the Main- puri District, where 467 persons, recorded as having first suffered from the disease in the district, lived at that time, one or more, in 334 different centres of population, situated in all parts of the district. And this fact is made further plain by a con- sideration of the numerical abstract received from Etah, which records the existence of 653 cases in that district, distributed as follows : Names of police circles. Cases of leprosy. Names of police circles. Cases of leprosy. Brought forward … 359 Soron … … … 51 Sirpura … … … 47 Kasganj … … … 75 Etah … … … 73 Sahawar … … … 51 Nidhauli … … … 48 Murehra … … … 40 Dhauri … … … 57 Kadirganj … … … 36 Sakít … … … 23 Amanpur … … … 35 Aliganj … … … 46 Patiali … … … 71 Carried over … … … 359 Total 653