International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

  • International Leprosy Association -
    History of Leprosy

    Database

    Rugao County Archives

    Location

    Category Institutional Archive
    Country China
    Address No. 128, Yuejing Road, Rugao County, Jiangsu Province, China

    Notes

    C243-1-22

    • This record contains an inventory submitted by Rugao County Leprosy Home to Office of Health of Rugao Government in December 1960 of the number of people with leprosy and the number of beds at the Rugao County Leprosy Home.

    C243-2-31

    • This record contains a list of personnel at Rugao County Leprosy Home including names, date of birth, occupation, education levels, salary and so on.

    C243-2-46

    • This record contains 52 statistics about people with leprosy at 52 Gongshe in 1963, including the village, name, sex, age, birth, marriage, occupation, number in the family, form of the disease, duration of the disease, place in the labour force, relation between those with leprosy and their families, and the number of recorded and suspected cases in Liuyang, Chaiting, Xingmin, Chengdong, Ciyan, Chengxi, Hezhang, Dongyuan, Daichong, Caizhang, Ziyuan, Weicheng, Shentong, Huzhi, Renjing, Changzhang, Taoyuan, Daming, Dingnian, Junfa, Jiangshe, Sunfa, Matang, Zhaowang, Aibao, Nizhang, Banjing, Gaoming, Biyun, Baipu, Yaoyun, Linzi, Xinyao, Yonggan, Huayuan, Xixie, Caiyan, Wuxiao, Shinan, Shibei, Eran, Dongbai, Jiuhua, Guochong, Yahu, Chemahu,Yingfang, Xiakang, Shengli, Gongshi, Dongbai and Xinjian Gongshe.

    C243-2-59

    • This record contains a manuscript from Office of Health and Civil Administration about building a leprosy village, including deliberations about the location, management of the village, and arrangements for buildings and the supply of cattle and tools for agriculture production.
    • Six official letters between the Rugao County Leprosy Home, the Office of Health and Civil Administration, and the Peoples Committee, dated February 15, May 14, May 17, May 21, August 5, and September 24, 1964, concerned with building the leprosy village. Four lots of statistics for building the village and a map of the site of the village are all attached.

    C243-2-92

    • This record contains statistics compiled by the Rugao County Leprosy Home, on April 7, 1970, concerning the supply of medical equipment and mattes such as beds, and medical attention.

    C243-2-107

    • This record contains a summing-up about an investigation in 1972 by the Rugao County Leprosy Home, on October 5, 1972, which identifies needs for the future such as the training of personnel, education.
    • A manuscript from the Board of Health of Rugao County Government to Rugao County Leprosy Home in 1972 is about shared concerns evident from a nationwide seminar about the control and treatment of leprosy.
    • A plan for the investigation of leprosy by the Rugao County Leprosy Home on May 31, 1972 outlines requirements for personnel for the investigation, its management, method, steps, budget and makes suggestions.
    • A report by Rugao County Leprosy Home in 1973 addresses the specifics of the work and the problems that need to be solved. Seven lots of statistics are attached to this report, covering those who have leprosy, the forms of the disease, sex, occupations, date of birth, marriage, place in the labour force and case details of the onset of the disease.
    • A report by Rugao County Leprosy Home in 1973 is about the control and treatment of leprosy, an epidemiological investigation, treatment, laboratory-based research and the construction of the leprosy village.
    • A suggestion by Health Board of Jiangsu Province about the control and treatment of leprosy for the future, including the importance of prevention, building a leprosy village, research into Chinese medicine for curing leprosy and strengthening management.
    • A plan for an investigation of leprosy, requirements for an advanced unit for the control and treatment of leprosy, and bylaws for the leprosy hospital are all attached to these records.

    C243-2-118

    • This record contains a report about an investigation of leprosy by Rugao County Leprosy Home on September 15, 1973, including the conditions for the investigation, some suggestions and the existing problems and plans for the future.
    • A monthly report about the control and treatment of leprosy in November 1973 enumerates, for the month, the number of those with leprosy, those suspected, and those in hospital.
    • The other statistics about those with leprosy by the end of November 1973 include numbers, an analysis of the incidence of leprosy, sex, marriage, forms of the disease, occupation, distribution, birth, and information about successful recovery.

    Entry made 14 June 2004

    Contact

    Name The Librarian
    Organization Rugao County Archives
    Address No 128, Yuejing Road, Rugao County, Jiangsu Province, China

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