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    1886 AgraAgra Leper Asylum was reported as being "Open to lepers from all parts. Segregation of the sexes was enforced, except in the case of husband and wife, both being lepers, who are allowed to live together." 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): 7 [Leprosarium] [India]
    1890 AgraThis asylum is mentioned Report of the Leprosy Commission in 1890. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1941 AgraThe leprosarium had accommodation for 40 patients, and was run by a local body.
    Source: Report on Leprosy and its Control in India by the Committee appointed by the Central Advisory Board of Health (1941). Government of India Press, New Dehli, 1942, p. 59. [Leprosarium] [India]
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