1961 Volume 30 Issue 3-4 Pages 174-181
The healed patients discharged from leprosaria are increasing graduall in Japan by the remarkable developement of antileprosy drugs in this country, where leprosy patients have been isolated in leprosaria by the law. The number of discharged patients at present, however, is not sufficient because about one half of all patients in leprosaria are bacilli-negative ; for example about 70% of patients iu National Leprosarium, Kuryu-Rakusen-en. are bacilli-negarive.
Why the percentage of discharged cases in all patients is low at precent in spite of the remarkable incsease of the bacillinegative patients? This question is for the management of leprosaria in future. As a result, nine factors which influenced upon the rehabilitation of leprosy patients were obtained, and a kind of the tetative plan of forecast methods were made for rehabilitation. This plan will be investigated in other leprosaria for the practical use.
