112      REPORT OF THE LEPROSY COMMISSION:
On the other hand, the admissions on account of leprosy
from the Native Army during the period of ten years, from
1879-1888 amounted to two hundred and twenty-nine, as will
be seen from the subjoined table:-
NATIVE ARMY.
Admissions for Leprosy.
YEAR.
No. admitted.
REMARKS.
1879
34

1880 
35
1 death.
1881
25

1882
25

1883 
20 

1884
18

1885
8

1886
19
2 deaths.
1887
20

1888 
25

TOTAL
229
3 deaths.
It is impossible from a comparison of the two armies to
deduce a racial predisposition, as the conditions under which
the British soldier lives are entirely different from those of the
native. The former is exceedingly well looked after and cared
for, and resides for a limited number of years only in the coun-
try, while the native passes perhaps a lifetime in an endemic