摘要
湖北省地处长江中游,洞庭湖以北,东经108°21′～116°07′,北纬29°05′～33°20′,185897平方公里,三面高,中间低,略呈向南敞开的不完整盆地;山地占55.5％,丘陵24.5％,平原20％,属亚热带季风性湿润气候,年平均气温15～17℃,年降水量800～1600mm,辖2个地区。
As early as 2400 years ago (453 B. C. ) leprosy in Hubei Province had been recorded in the book SHIJI. The first leprosary was founded in 1894 by church. In the period of 1894 to 1950 two leprosaries accepted some 1800 patients. In 1950 Chinese government have taken over these leprosaries and then made up 46 leprosy control units with working personnel of 1885, including 1231 technical persons, and 33 leprosy sections in county epidemic prevention stations for controlling the disease. By the end of 1994 a total of 14913 leprosy patients were accumulatively found,of which 11943 (80. 08%)have been cured, and at present there are 188 active patients, the incidence and prevalence decreased by 91. 95% and 97. 3% respectively , 88.6% of the counties have reached the level of basic eradication of leprosy, that is, the prevalence is below 0. 01 per mil and mean incidence in the last five years is less than 0. 5/100, 000. So thorough eradication of leprosy has become quite a real aim.
