4 matches out of all 3,298, 1 to 4 displayed.
| 1880 | BoneLeprosy seems to have appeared in the Loyalty Islands around the year 1880. (Médecin-Capitaine des Troupes Coloniales Lacour, An Attempt to Control Leprosy by BCG Vaccine in the Loyalty Islands, (South Pacific Commission, 1954) [Leprosarium] [New Caledonia] |
| 1894 | BoneIn the results of a survey published in the Annales d’Hygiène et de Médecine Navale, 1894, Grall gives the earliest information on the origin of the disease at Maré and at Lifou. Around 1880, a protestant teacher returned to Guama (Maré) infected with leprosy, after spending several years in New Guinea. From Guama the disease spread to Tawaïnèdre. (Médecin-Capitaine des Troupes Coloniales Lacour, An Attempt to Control Leprosy by BCG Vaccine in the Loyalty Islands, (South Pacific Commission, 1954) [Leprosarium] [New Caledonia] |
| 1899 | BoneAs early as 1899, Dr Hebrand mentions 125 people affected by the disease on Maré. (Médecin-Capitaine des Troupes Coloniales Lacour, An Attempt to Control Leprosy by BCG Vaccine in the Loyalty Islands, (South Pacific Commission, 1954) [Leprosarium] [New Caledonia] |
| 1939 | BoneThere are three leprosaria: Maïna and Kananou, agricultural colonies on the east coast; and the Sanatorium de Ducos, seven kilometers from Noumea. A fourth is under construction on the west coast. There are four agricultural colonies in the Loyalty Islands to which patients also go: at Chila, on Lifou; at Bone and Betsédo, on Maré; and at Oné, on Ouvéa. (J Sorel, "Prophylaxie de la lèpre dans les colonies Françaises. Bull Office Internat D'Hyg Pub Supplement 6.1 (1938): 1-21 cited in World Wide Distribution and Prevalence of Leprosy: Supplement to International Journal of Leprosy 12 (December 1944): 53 [Leprosarium] [New Caledonia] |