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| 1896 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1896, Sri Krishna Chandra Sengupta, a teacher from Bengal in the staff of the Pyarimohan Academy, organised a group of students of his school under the banner of Ramakrishna Balaka Vikshu. The teacher, with his band of students, used to collect alms from door to door to feed the beggars suffering from leprosy. The organisation continued its activities at Cuttack up to 1924. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 18) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1919 | Cuttack Leper HospitalThe Leprosy Asylum at Cuttack, which had been set up by the Government, and built at a cost of Rs 1,60,000/-, and had been inaugurated by Sir Edward Gait, the then Lt Governor of Bihar and Orissa on November 11, 1891, was handed over to the Baptist Mission, Cuttack through the Baptist Mission, London, under the Superintendance of Rev R J Grundy. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 19). 1919 is given as the founding date of the asylum in a document in the League of Nations Archive: File 29098. [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1919 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1919, the Sambalpur District Council set apart an amount in its budget to be contributed annually to the Cuttack asylum (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 20) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1919 | Cuttack Leper HospitalEstablished. 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. 58. [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1920 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1920, Dr Isaac Santra joined as the first Medical Officer at the Leprosy Asylum, Cuttack (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: Appendix I) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1921 | Cuttack Leper Hospital1921 Census recorded 1625 leprosy patients in the Cuttack district (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 21) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1922 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1922, Rev O J Millman took over as superintendent of Cuttack asylum from Rev R J Grundy (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 22) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1925 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1925, August 20, Cuttack was visited by Mahatma Gandhi (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1927 | Cuttack Leper HospitalTLM (Cochrane) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1927 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1927, Cuttack received a second visit by Gandhi. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1930 | Cuttack Leper HospitalFrom 1930, Cuttack was managed by the Leprosy Mission. Superintendents were Grundy, Millman, Wilkins, Guest, Robinson, and Lazarus. The first doctor in charge was Isaac Santra, son of an assistant missionary of the BMS. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 29) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1931 | Cuttack Leper HospitalManaged by the Mission to Lepers. Honorary Superintendent Mr S F Robinson. Doctor: Dr C Sahu, LMP, aided by 3 medical assistants. Financed by: Mission to Lepers, Bihar and Orissa Government, National States and local boards, and voluntary donations. Housed 259 patients (out of a full capacity for 270) in 15 pucca houses. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098. [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1933 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1933, the healthy children of leprosy patients born in Cuttack Leprosy Asylum were looked after by the Baptist Missonary sisters in the Thompson Women Training Institute, Cuttack (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 43) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1937 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1937, the Indian Council of BELRA opened its Orissa branch on March 20 and Robert Cochrane visited in October 1937. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1938 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1938, on October 1, the scheme for anti-leprosy work in Orissa was put into operation (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: Appendix I) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1939 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1939, a Children’s Ward - King George V Memorial Ward - was added [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1941 | Cuttack Leper HospitalThe leprosarium could house 383 patients, and was run by the Mission to Lepers. 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. 58. [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1954 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1954, the Baptist mission handed over its management to the government of Orissa on December 14, 1954. The Government deputed two doctors, one to serve as the superintendent and the other as medical officer (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 135) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1969 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1969, Dr R V Wardekar visited and the leading newspaper the Samaj publicised the plight of the patients: "The Government resolved to take concrete steps to improve the living conditions of the inmates and reorganise its management" (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 136) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1970 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1970, Dr Devriz, the regional director of WHO for South-East Asia visited and again the institution was given publicity by the editor of the Samaj and the government made over money for repairs. [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1971 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1971, the asylum attracted more publicity, when the Samaj published an article on the "Problem of Leprosy" urging public support and prompting the government to request a report and a plan for rehabilitation (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 137) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1987 | Cuttack Leper HospitalMDT was introduced on January 30, 1987 with the aid of DANIDA (Danish International Development Authority) under the guidance of the district coordinator appointed by DANIDA (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 100) [Leprosarium] [India] |