Preliminary report on the data of the control units of the Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation

ABSTRACT

1- The evolution and nature of the work of the Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation in the control of leprosy by chemotherapy are given. 2- Detail about the variety of data kept in each control unit, with their purpose and significance, and the difficulties involved are given. 3- Certain questions about our present views of infectivity are raised, but no conclusions are drawn. Need for further study is emphasized. 4- Although village or home segregation of the cases found is recommended, hardly any case has been so segregated. 5- The criteria which are likely to help in deciding whether leprosy has been controlled are discussed. 6- An attempt is being made to conduct this experiment of the control of leprosy by chemotherapy on scientific lines, and the work does not consist merely of distributing DDS.