International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

  • International Leprosy Association -
    History of Leprosy

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    1920 KangpokpiFounded. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1927 KangpokpiAmerican Baptist Mission under charge of Dr Crozier (Cochrane) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1931 KangpokpiManaged by the American Baptist Foreign Mission.
    Directed by Rev W Pettigrew.
    Financed by Manipur State, Indian Research Fund Association, Mission to Lepers and aid from the Bengal Government.
    Population: 81, residing in cottages and grass huts intended to house only 40.
    Treatment carried out by Dr W A Werchins , MD, and 2 medical assistants.
    Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1941 KangpokpiIn 1941 the leprosarium had accommodation for 90 patients, and was run by a mission.
    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. [Leprosarium] [India]
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