Leprosy in Marseilles
Since the time of the Phenicians there have always been cases of leprosy at Marseilles, which condition is practically inevitable for a large port that is the ordinary gateway between the Orient and France. But during recent years the number of cases has been increasing in a manner that is beginning to attract attention. In 1892, Zambaco and Boinet reported five cases. Perrin, in 1898, ferreted out eleven cases. In 1923, M. Paul Vigne found twenty cases. He thinks that today there are around forty cases. This increase appears to be due, more particularly, to the present lack of an adequate sanitary inspection at the frontiers. In fact, leprosy, which by the decree of 1921 was transferred to the maritime sanitary service, is no longer controlled by that service but is now, from the prophylactic point of view, left entirely to the municipal health services, through the