01469nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002400055653001100079653001200090653001200102100001400114700001100128700001400139245004900153300001100202490000700213520102900220022001401249       1956                            d  c1956 Jun10aBiomedical Research10aHumans10aleprosy10aMorocco1 aCHRAIBI L1 aLAYS Y1 aRollier R00a[The present problem of leprosy in Morocco].  a582-900 v353 aAfter giving a brief sketch of leprosy in Morocco in the past [see also this Bulletin, 1951, v. 48 (995)] the authors show by means of curves how the registered number of patients suffering from leprosy in Rabat has risen and fallen during the years from 1925 to 1955. In 1925 the number was 302, in 1928 it was 139, in 1930 it rose again to 327 and by 1936 to 544. By 1944 it had fallen to 125 but rose again by 1954 to 580. This fluctuation was due to the popularity of the treatment available at the time. The authors calculate that among the Moslem population there are about10, 000 suffering from leprosy (about 1 per 1, 000); among the Jewish and European population, the rate is about 1 per 10, 000. Of the known cases at present, the percentages according to race are Moslems 91.6, Jews 6.4, and Europeans 2. The difficulties in controlling leprosy in Morocco are finance, the absence of special clinics outside of Casablanca, and the negligence and fatalism of the patients which make regular treatment impossible.   a0025-388X