LEPROSY IN AUSTRALIA.
From an official report on leprosy in NeAv South Wales, dated November 7th, 1896, Avhich is the last report to hand relating to leprosy in that colony, it appears that on January Ist, 181)5, forty lepers Avere under detention at- the lazaret at Little Bay, In August, 1896, tAventy-five - leper pal> ients were returned from Australia to China, of whom six were from Queensland (being the entire number of Chinese lepers then in the colony), and in July of last year, four more Chinese lepers, out of ten from Australia generally, Avere sent back .to their country from Queensland. Owing to the vigilance which is exercised by the department charged with tho administration of the Leprosy Act, and to the self-interest, especially obser.'able among the Chinese, which leads to information rather than concealment, there are presumably very few cases of leprosy in the colony which are not either included in the official, reports or now under investigation as suspected cases.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 25 June 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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163LEPROSY IN AUSTRALIA. Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 25 June 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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