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    Ahmedabad Kagda Petit (Kagrapeth) Hospital

    Location

    Category Leprosarium
    Country India
    Address Bombay Presidency
    Current Address Gujarat

    Notes

    W J Moore Esq, Surgeon-General with the Government of Bombay, reported to the Secretary of the Government of Bombay, General Department, on February 18, 1889 that "It is virtually a contagious disease hospital extramural, but worked in connection with the Civil Hospital". Selections from the Government of India Home Department: Papers Relating to the Treatment of Leprosy in India from 1887-95. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1896: 4.

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