Salt Lake Herald | 1900-12-27 | Page 6 | Thousands of Lepers in the Philippines

II I THOUSANDS THOUSANDS fP F LEPERS S IN PHILIPPINES Washington Dee Dec Dee 26 An appended report re ort to General Genera MacArthurs review of the civil civi of the Philippine islands i la ds for th past st fiscal year gives gh rather rath r startling star Qt regarding the in introduction introduction introduction and ad prevalence of leprosy II in the islands According to the h estimates of the Franciscan Francisca fathers fatIe says the report there are no noless less ls tIffin t lepers in inthe Inthe the archipelago t major m jor portion porton of these being beIng in the t Leprosy was w s introduced 1 SS when the th em emperor emperor of Japan Jaan sent ent a ship with wih 10 lepers on o board t the Philippines as a present to boars be cared for by the Catholic priests Thus TItus the 1 e seed was planted and ad as a no practical methods m were adopted to eradicate te the disease or pre prevent prevent prevent vent its spread It t has ha taken firm root A Inspection begun last lat January Janu found more than lepers I concealed in i dwellings Ing These were sent to t San Lazaro hospital in Manila Mania but many others escaped into the sur surrounding surrounding surrounding rounding country A commission is now engaged in the work worl of selecting ng a a suit suitable suitable suitable v able island or islands for the purpose of isolating all al the the lepers in the arch archipelago archipelago archipelago