Show we W hive 1000 L lp pa ons on regarding the murn number and hl torie of persons suffering luBer lac from leprosy la III tats this country ire are being conducted by persons connects id with the surgeon general a office at wash ington chest investigations it it Is hoped will turn furn oh h valuable statistics kud and will open the way to lear olne the beet beat possible poe elble method for checking chec kinc the pread spread of the loathsome loa theome diew disease they have awakened awa kend the interest of hu hun D drda of physicians in eucly state especially in louts louisiana lanes ani IM ua nib apet orn rn state here the diss has ha spread rapidly in recent year years the result results of the investigations have so far revealed that there are six ix cures u in new york elx six in Chi chicallo calro aad and nearly in new orleana orleans mot bloat of the person persons reported to be suffering erine from leprosy were born in foreign coun arlea in the southern ou thern state states the me mortty of the victims are an italian italians and in the western state states avedes S fredm jt it Is I 1 estimated that there are 1 1000 lepers 1 la in the united state states exclusive of ot course of the Ila leallan lv allan wallan victims |