01777nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653001000069653001100079653001900090653001100109653001000120653001200130653000900142653003100151653002200182100001100204700001600215700001400231700001800245700001400263245009200277300001100369490000700380050003200387520103000419022001401449       1985                            d  c1985 Jul-Sep10aAdult10aChild10aFemale10aHealth Surveys10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aPreventive Health Services10aRandom Allocation1 aRamu G1 aPandian T D1 aRajaram N1 aSithambaram M1 aBharati R00aA sample survey of leprosy in the ELEP Leprosy Control Project, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.  a575-870 v57  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A sample survey of the Dharmapuri Leprosy Control Project was undertaken in 1983; a population of 60855 was enumerated out of which 51205 was examined. The sampling procedure which was followed consisted of stratifying the sub-centres according to prevalence and classifying the villages by the size of the population. Villages were selected by random allocation. 10 leprosy inspectors participated in the survey examining 626 to 774 persons per day. 859 active cases were detected giving a prevalence of 16.77 per thousand. The child prevalence was 6.19 per thousand. The number of lepromatous and BL cases detected were 70 giving an infectivity rate of 8.15%. The prevalence of leprosy as found in the last survey conducted in the different areas in the project approximate to those of the sample survey. Therefore it could be said that the prevalence has decreased in this project from 19.94 per thousand as observed in the first survey. The child prevalence has likewise decreased from 9.40 to 4.09 in the project.</p>  a0254-9395