International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

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    1876 Chamba State Leper AsylumThe asylum was founded. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098 and 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]
    1890 Chamba State Leper AsylumVisit by Wellesley Bailey
    Bailey, W. The Lepers of Our Indian Empire: A Visit to Them in 1890-91, London: John Shaw, 1891 [Leprosarium] [India]
    1924 Chamba State Leper AsylumVisit by Wellesley Bailey
    Bailey, W. Fifty Years' Work for Lepers 1874-1924, London: The Mission to Lepers, 1924 [Leprosarium] [India]
    1927 Chamba State Leper AsylumA State Institution aided by TLM (Cochrane) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1931 Chamba State Leper Asylum28 patients in 2 long lines of stone/brick buildings.
    Honorary Superintendent was Dr J Hutchinson.
    The asylum was managed by the Church of Scotland Mission, and funded by the Mission to Lepers.
    3 medical assistants worked on the site.
    Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1941 Chamba State Leper AsylumThe leprosarium had accommodation for 30 patients, and was run by the Government.
    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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