HC Deb 07 July 1959 vol 608 c106W
Mr. G. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the future of the leper colony on Curieuse, Seychelles.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

In the last four years the number of patients has been reduced from 40 to 11. I hope that with the use of new drugs, the closing of the settlement will not be long delayed.

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