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    1896 Pakhoi CMS Leper Asylum
    "The CMS Leper Asylum was founded by the late Dr E C Horder in 1896. It is divided into two compounds, one for men and one for women, and situated on the western side of the general hospital, about 40 feet away and is separated by a wall of ten feet in height. The principal buildings in the men's compound comprise three large airy dormitories, a chapel, a printing house, a dressing room, and a workshop. There are other small buildings serving as kitchen, bathroom, sickroom, store-room etc. The women's compound has three buildings, two for dormitories and one chapel, besides other smaller outhouses. The two compounds enclose an area of 60,990 sq ft."
    Source: S Y Sing and P Z Sun, 'The CMS Leper Asylum, Pakhoi, South China' in James L Maxwell, "Ridding China of Leprosy" The China Medical Journal 44 (1930): 778.
    [Leprosarium] [China]
    1926 Pakhoi CMS Leper AsylumPakhoi C.M.S. Leper Hospital Statistics for 1926.
    Number of patients in hospital January 1, 1926: 107
    Number of patients admitted during 1926: 3
    Number of patients discharged: 6
    Number of patients died: 3
    Number of patients in hospital January 1, 1927: 101 (59 male, 42 female)
    Total number of injections given: 6793 (4443 to men, 2359 to women)
    Number of out-patients for injections: 10
    Number of injections given to out-patients: 159
    Number of out-patients after treatment: 39
    Total number of out-patients' visits: 198
    Number of baptisms during 1926: 17
    Number of lepers in hospital already baptised: 87.

    Source: J. A. Lee, "The latest news about the Pakhoi leper hospital", The Leper Quarterly, 2 (1927): 29-32, at p. 32. [Leprosarium] [China]
    1927 Pakhoi CMS Leper Asylum
    "This hospital is an extension of the C.M.S. General Hospital, which was founded by the late Dr. C. Horder in 1886. It is divided into two compounds - one for men and one for women - and situated on the western side of the General Hospital. The principal buildings in the Men's Compound comprise three large airy wards, a church, printing rooms, an operating theater, and a workshop. There are, besides, smaller buildings serving as kitchens, bathrooms, sick room, storerooms, lavatory, etc. The Women's Compound has two large wards and a church - all built parallel to one another.
    At present, in the two compounds, there are 58 males and 42 females. Within the Men's Compound occupations of various kinds are carried on. In the workshop is to be seen happy and contented lepers making baskets of all shapes and sizes, twining ropes, plaiting straw slippers, sawing wood, making brooms, etc. The products are consumed locally. All finished articles are sterilized before leaving the compound and a non-leper is engaged as salesman. There is also a printing department where Romanized, Chinese and English can be printed. Nearly all the printed matter of the Missions is done here. Formerly as an instrument for Christian propaganda work, this department has lately suspended part of its service, and at present only three or four workers are engaged. Gardening and lace making are the chief occupations of the female lepers.
    Lepers within the compounds, needless to say, are healthier than those without. The introduction of the latest forms of medical treatment is chiefly responsible for the improved state of health. Since the adoption of compulsory medical treatment, the death rate of lepers has markedly decreased. To many of the inmates the results so far obtained are greeted as the resurrection of hope."

    Source: James A Lee, "The Pakhoi Leper Hospital", The The Leper Quarterly, 1 (1927): 31.
    [Leprosarium] [China]
    1927 Pakhoi CMS Leper AsylumJ. A. Lee, "A who's who of the leper boys in the Pakhoi leper hospital as seen from the picture", The Leper Quarterly, 2 (1927): 26-9. [Leprosarium] [China]
    1927 Pakhoi CMS Leper AsylumJ. A. Lee, "The latest news about the Pakhoi leper hospital", The Leper Quarterly, 2 (1927): 29-32, (includes a report of the failure to cultivate Chaulmoogra locally, and also the state of nearby leprosy villages). [Leprosarium] [China]
    1927 Pakhoi CMS Leper AsylumJ.A.L[ee]. "Rev. Blanchett warmly welcomed by Pakhoi lepers", The Leper Quarterly, 3 (1927) 23-24. [Leprosarium] [China]
    1930 Pakhoi CMS Leper Asylum
    "At present there are 35 women and 55 men. Occupations of varius kinds are carried on by the inmates, such as basket-work, carpentry, printing, broom-making etc. All finished articles are sterilised before leaving the asylum and a non-leper [sic] is engaged as salesman. There is a school where illiterate patients are taught to read and write. Over 90% of the inmates are baptised Christians."
    Source: S Y Sing and P Z Sun, 'The CMS Leper Asylum, Pakhoi, South China' in James L Maxwell, "Ridding China of Leprosy" The China Medical Journal 44 (1930): 778.
    [Leprosarium] [China]
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