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Abstract of reports on leprosy by Medical Officers in the Dinapore Circle.
District.
Reporter.
Extent of leprosy in district.
If localized, in what locality found.
Peculiarities of locality where leprosy most.
REMARKS.
Chyebassa
Mr. Manook
All over district ... ...
But chiefly in West and
Dense jungle, damp soil, hilly people very
Hereditary taint could be traced in most



South.
poor. Diet chiefly vegetable and the pro-
cases. People believe it to be highly con-




duce of the jungles. Animal food rare.
tagious. Mr. Manook saw no case in which





he could trace contagious the cause.
Purulia ...
Mr. Wilson ...
54 per 1,000, census of 1872 (male) ;
Not so. Occurs all over
......
Believed by the people to be contagious, but


85 per 1,000 (female 23).
the district.

Mr. Wilson never saw a case proving it.
Hazaribagh ...
Mr. Birch ...
Bare. Only eleven shewn in census
Not localized.

Hereditary without doubt.


return.



Sonthal Pergunnahs
Dr. Ahmed ...
Not common in district, though many lepers from other districts flock to Deoghur to get alms from pilgrims going to the Hindu Shrine at Bardenath.
Bhagalpur ...
Mr. Baillie ...
Some years ago police reported 800,
Not so ... ...
General sanitary condition of district bad.
Has seen no evidence of disease being here-


but this is under the mark, chiefly

Land low and flooded annually. Food of
ditary or contagious.


male adults.

people generally very poor. Clothes





scanty and filthy.

Chuprah ...
Mr. Russell ...
......
Seems to be common in
Not known ... ...
Males most commonly affected. Beef-eating



Sewan Sub-Division.

is said to predispose to the disease. " Pro-





bably not contagious", except by inoculation





in stage of ulceration. Without doubt 





hereditary.
Chumparun ...
Mr. Cullen ...
Report does not contain any information.
Mozafferpur ...
Dr. Gayer ...
"Not very common" ... ...
......
......
Hereditary.
Purneah ...
Mr. Picachy ...
To no great extent ... ...
Not so ... ...
......
Lepers, chiefly unmarried, male beggars. No





direct evidence of contagion. Believes it





to be hereditary, but No. 2 prisoners in jail,





brothers, who decline that their parents are





healthy.
Buxar ...
Mr. Harvey ...
"Does not seem to be common."



Jalpaiguri ...
Mr. Bovill ...
Does not know. Not long in district.
In Terai it is said ...
Among Miches, a tribe living in the Terai
Bengalis say that Miches get leprosy from




at foot of hills.
eating the ashes of plantains instead of salt.
Gya ...
Dr. Macleod ...
In mortuary registration area lepers 
He does not think so ...
Seems to be most common among Jullahs



to every 290 people.

(weavers) and Mussulmans, filthily fed





and of filthy habits. Among these lepers 





are 368 per 1,000. Among Hindus the





caste of Bhuiyans, who feed on snakes,





mice, et hoc genus omni, the rate is 241 





per 1,000.

DINAPORE; 	J. IRVING, M. D.,
The 20th May 1876.	Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Dept., Dinapore Circle.