Burma: Census of India 1901 Vol. I - Khamkoo

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REPORT ON THE CENSUS OF BURMA.
proportions given in subsidiary Table No. VI IB would appear to point to the
inference that, on the whole, the symptoms of the disease declare themselves a
trifle earlier in the case of female than in the case of male children. As in the
case of the insanity figures adverted to earlier, however, the actuals are far too
microscopic to afford a basis for anything in the shape of generalities. In the later
age-periods the totals are, perhaps, just large enough to afford reasonable grounds
for the view that female lepers are slightly longer lived than male.