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    1836 PuriPuri Pilgrim House was in existence here, for people who had travelled as part of a pilgrimage to Puri. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1898 PuriThe Leper Act imposed a ban on the entry of leprosy patients to the centres of pilgrimage and on their use of places of public utility or on their engagement in any trade or business. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 19) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1904 PuriPuri Leprosy Asylum established by the Baptist Mission ("The Governemnt could not practically stop the leprosy victims congregating at Puri in sizable numbers. The Baptist Mission volunteered to establish an asylum at Puri. The Government recognised the mission and the Puri leprosy Asylum came into existence in 1904." (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 19) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1904 PuriThe Commissioner of the Orissan Division submitted, with his recommendation, a copy of letter from Magistrate of Puri, asking for assistance in circulating to the Native chiefs in the Tributary states, an appeal for subscriptions for the projected asylum for lepers at Puri West Bengal State Archives (28 Dec 1904) West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1905 PuriIn January 1905, the particulars of a scheme for the establishment of a leprosy asylum was called for. West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1905 PuriProposal to establish a Leprosy Asylum at Puri. Muncipal Dept. Medical - File No : 3-L/5, Nos: 18-26 Govt. of Bengal Records, West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1905 PuriAn endowment was created by certain Zamindars of Balasore for the the maintenance of the leprosy Asylum at Puri. (No of proceedings 165-169: "Report of the Commissioner of Orissa on the Subject" Govt. of Bengal Records: Municipal - Medical Branch File No : 3-L/5: West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1905 PuriA scheme for a leprosy asylum providing shelter to the indigent and homeless lepers, sanctioned. West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1905 PuriIn December 1905, the Commissioner of Orissa provided a report on the offer of certain landed properties from Samanta Raj Narain Das and other Zamindars of Balasore for the maintenance of a leprosy asylum, Puri. This property was vested in the Treasurer of Charitable Endowments. West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1905 PuriEstablished.
    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. 59. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1906 PuriIn November 1906, an endowment was made by Radha Charan Das and Radha Gobinda Das of a property worth about Rs. 5,500 to feed the people with leprosy in the Leprosy Asylum, Puri. West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1906 PuriIn 1906, an endowment was made available by Babu Raj Narayan and others of Balasore for feeding people with leprosy in the Puri Leper Asylum. West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1907 PuriA donation of Rs. 2,000 was made by Kumar Rameshwar Malia for the construction of a Leprosy Asylum, Puri in December 1907 West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1907 PuriIn Feburary 1907, an endowment made by Babu Raj Narayan Das and others to the Leprosy Asylum, Puri . West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1907 PuriIn August 1907, a proposal was made for the establishment of a leprosy asylum. Enquiry was made by the Commissioner in connection with the Leprosy Asylum, Puri West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1907 PuriIn December 1907, a donation of Rs. 2,000 was made by Kumar Rameshwar Malia for the construction at the Leprosy Asylum, Puri West Bengal State Archives [Leprosarium] [India]
    1920 PuriIn 1920, the Baikuntha Bhikari Mission took over the management of Puri Leprosy Asylum (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1927 PuriCochrane mentions the Puri asylum. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1941 PuriThe leprosarium had accommodation for 56 patients, and was run by a local body.
    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. 59. [Leprosarium] [India]
    1944 PuriBy 1944, the Puri Municipality took over the management of the Leprosy Colony from the Baptist Mission (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1954 PuriIn 1954, the Government of Orissa launched the National Leprosy Control Programme on December 14, 1954 in accordance with the national policy formulated by the Government of India. The first project under the programme began at Gurujang, Khurda in Puri district covering a population of about 80 000 under the care of two medical officers. (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989) [Leprosarium] [India]
    1981 PuriIn 1981, Dr D S Chaudhry, the medical adviser to the German Leprosy Relief Association visited Orissa in 1979-1980 and laid the infrastructure for a project at Puri. The Puri Urban Leprosy Project was established in May 1981, covering the Puri Municipality. [Leprosarium] [India]
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