International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

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    1862 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalEstablished [Leprosarium] [India]
    1890 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalMentioned in the Diary of the Leprosy Commission:
    2 asylums - one for men - one for women [Leprosarium] [India]
    1898 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalLepers Act - this was applied in September 1912
    The Government purchased land for a leper asylum "Rehoboth" situated near Hindalge near Belgaum at which The Leprosy Mission undertook the management and upkeep [Leprosarium] [India]
    1912 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalA new aslyum was established. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098 and 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]
    1924 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalBailey refers to Belgaum.
    Bailey, W, Fifty Years' Work for Lepers 1874-1924, London: The Mission to Lepers, 1924 (p.44). [Leprosarium] [India]
    1928 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalListed in Public Health Organisation in the Bombay Presidency, Bombay: Government Central Press. (MSA R 3706/2) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1931 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalManaged by the Leprosy Mission Trust Association, and financed by the Mission to Lepers and the Bombay Government.
    W C Irvine was honororary superintendent.
    Dr VH Kihe, SMS, was the chief physician, aided by one medical assistant.
    The hospital was overcrowded, with 35 patients.
    Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1941 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalThe leprosarium could house 50 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]
    2002 Belgaum Leprosy HospitalDr VK Joseph, Superintendent, The Leprosy Mission, Belgaum Leprosy Hospital, Vengurla Road, Hindalga, Belgaum District -591 108, Karnataka. [Leprosarium] [India]
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