Manila, Apr. 21.
Governor General Wood has just completed plans for a campaign in the United States to raise $1,000,000 to be used in the treatment of lepers. confined at the colony on Cullen Island." He will issue an appeal to the American people through newspapers and magazines and it is probable a representative from the Philippines will be sent to the United States to direct the cam-
Governor General Wood has taken an intense interest in the treatment of leprosy ever since he becante chief executive of the islands nearly four years ago, and in the light of the Success obtained during the last few years, he believes that a much larger percentage of cures can be effected if sufficient funds can be made available to carry on regular and proper treatment of all cases trought to the colony. The legisl ture makes an annual approxi tron of more than $250,000 for the cere of lepers, but this is inadequate meet the requirements of intensive treatment by the most modern A total of 228 lepers have be found negative and are now await ing discharge at the Leper Colony en the Island of Cullen, a report just issued by the health service says. These, however, do not i clude the 435 who have been dit charged from the colony since the campaign for intensive treatment started some three years ago. The report says:
"Comparing this result with that which other countries have attained the treatment of leprosy, the success obtained has indeed "been colony is approximately 5,500. They The {otal number of lepers In the are assembled on the island from every part of the Philippine archipel-\g0.—Reuter's Pacific Service,
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