Iori Rogers who worked overseas for LEPRA in Malawi and Zambia during the late 1960s/early 1970s. His personal collection consists of the following:
Zambia 1970-1975
Clinic registers, patient figures, monthly reports, annual reports, income tax forms 1973-1976; a sample census of population of Zambia 1974; tour reports from Zambia (Eastern province, 1974), (Luapula province, 1973); Clinic reports; outpatient attendance figures (1971-1973); breakdown of new patient figures (1970-1972); patient costs (1971-1972); monthly and annual reports (1970-1973);
Malawi
Rules for the admission and treatment of patients (1969); categories of discharge (1970); review of patients (1970); technique of taking slit skin smears (1974); indicating patients of special interest in the treatment registers (1974); relapse or deterioration of leprosy patients after or during treatment (1974); persistent absentees (1974); handover notes from John Eldon (Administrator) during John’s absence from Blantyre; April-June 1979; Notes of meetings of Leprosy Workers held on 23-24 June 1975 and 19-20 May 1980 at the LEPRA Control Centre, Lilongwe; Questions (with answers) for discussion with General Secretary of LEPRA 1980; Balaka Leprosy Control Project Guidelines (March 1979); Duties of a LEPRA Rural Area Supervisor (September 1979); Guidelines for Charting Leprosy Patients (July 1980); Type 1 LEPRA reaction – case histories; Balaka LEPRA Control Project, Annual Reports: 1979, 1980; Health Education in Leprosy – preparation and guidelines for health education talks – 1981; Chemotherapy regimen for all Leprosy Control Projects in Malawi from 1981 onwards (31.12.80); List of Junior Staff Houses and tenants; Tour reports from Rumphi & Nkata Bay (1976 & 1977); Clinic registers, patient figures, monthly reports, annual reports; Income tax forms 1977-1980; Papers on Chichewa language; Papers on clinic returns, mobile treatment schedules, water pump rotas, outstation staff, medical/treatment guidelines; Miscellaneous papers, maps and guidebooks c. 1970s
Entry made September 7, 2006