Emery County Progress | 1901-11-02 | Page 2 | Uncleanliness Causes Spread of Leprosy in Denmark

spread of leprosy la denmark united states consul nelson at ber gen norway has sent a report to the marine bisp tal service in which he says the prevalence of leprosy in den mark must be imputed to the unclean liness and the grotesque carelessness of the people lie says tl ere aie six leprosy pat ei ts there of whom four are in copenhagen in denmark leprosy does not belong to those fe v d ceases which are sub ejected to treatment at the I 1 asp tal in iceland dished by the odd fello vs order there were eighty one patients received dur ing 1899 and of these eighteen are now dead and only t vo have been die charged as fully recovered relapses Pe lapses were usual in leprosy cases