International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

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    1925 San PabloSan Pablo established. In the mid to late 1920s it held at least 50 patients a year. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1933 San PabloDate of founding (as given by Colin McDougall, 'Leprosy in Peru', Leprosy Review, 42 (1972): 197-202, at p. 199). [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1935 San PabloIn 1935 it housed 150, in 50 ramshackle huts. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1941 San PabloUnder the direction of Dr M Kuczynski, San Pablo became an "agricultural" colony, in which patients had to cultivate goods for themselves and for sale. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1943 San Pablo295 patients were admitted [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1947 San PabloLife on the colony was described in Vida de Leprosa. Lima: La Reforma Medica, 1947.
    Source: Marcos Cueto, "Social Medicine and 'Leprosy'", The Americas, 61.1 (2004): 55-80. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1955 San PabloThe leprosarium had around 780 patients. Source: Augusto Saldaña, "Notas sobre el compromiso ocular en la Lepra, con referencia especial a los niños", Revista Medica de Iquitos, 2.4-6 (1950): 99-100: p. 99. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1955 San PabloThe first 15 patients were discharged as cured. Source: "Care for lepers in Peru improved", New York Times, Jan 15, 1956, p. 20. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1967 San PabloAdmissions to the leprosarium were closed. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1968 San PabloDr Masayoshi Itoh visited San Pablo. His report (AMRO-0504/D for WHO) notes that 87% patients were substantially disabled (Grade III) and in need of surgical treatment and/or intensive rehabilitation.
    Source: Colin McDougall, 'Leprosy in Peru', Leprosy Review, 42 (1972): 197-202, at p. 199. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
    1972 San Pablo400 patients were still in residence, cared for jointly by Ministry of Health Staff and mission sisters. New patients were taken on as out-patient only.
    Source: Colin McDougall, 'Leprosy in Peru', Leprosy Review, 42 (1972): 197-202, at p. 199-200. [Leprosarium] [Peru]
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