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| 1944 | Charles FortIn 1944, Dr Mclean MO reported on leprosy in St Kitts and Nevis explaining that Moogrol was the only preparation available for treatment and indicating that Hydnocarpus oil was soon to be made available (The National Archives of the United Kingdom, Kew, CO 318/447/11 15-25 July, 1944) [Leprosarium] [St Kitts, West Indies] |
| 1944 | Dinsha Manekji Petit Asylum (Dinshah Manockji Petit Leprosy Hospital)The hospital administration was taken over by the Government, from the District Local Board. See http://maha-arogya.gov.in/programs/nhp/leprosy/default.htm [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1945 | Leprosy work was included in Gandhi’s constructive programme. (Dongre, ILA History Workshop, July 2000) [People] [India] |
| 1945 | R G Cochrane principal of Christian Medical College at Vellore in South-East India - given DDS in pure form to use (Dr Molesworth, Head of Ghanian leprosy service) (P S Narayanaswami published results in International Journal of Leprosy) [Treatment, People] [India] |
| 1945 | In Queensland, Australia, it is reported that “It is hoped during the next year to run an experimental series on penicillin, though no specific result is expected and it will be largely an observation of its effects on secondary infections. It is hoped also that new drugs of the sulphoanmide series and also streptomycin will shortly become available for the clinical trial in the treatment of leprosy.” The report continues “The general impression gained during the year is that leprosy is as prevalent as ever, and that this prevalence is due to the following causes: 1. Failure to recognize early cases and treat them before the infectious stage is reached. This may be due to a. Lack of familiarity with the disease by both medical practitioner and general public; b. Misleading evidence which may be given by the patient; c. Failure of the patient to seek advice in the early stages; and 2. Fear of segregation. This is a very real fear on the part of those suspecting that they have the disease and of those who are out on parole. For them segregation means the severing of family and business ties for an indefinite period – in the imagination of the public, generally for life. (Printed report, no publication details) [Epidemiology] [Australasia] |
| 1945 | Dr Muir (LEPRA's Medical Secretary) returned to England from the West Indies with samples of a new drug - Diacetyl Diamionodipenyl Sulphone (DDS) or Dapsone. Dr Davey took some samples back to Africa to try on his patients in Nigeria. Dr Cochrane discovered that pure dapsone worked better for mastitis in cows than derivatives and decided to try this out on his leprosy patients in India. He chose o administer it by injection, and was delighted to find that the reduction in the number of bacilli in the patients was dramatic. Dr Cochrane published his findings and sent a sample of dapsone to Dr David Molesworth in Sungei Buloh, but with no indication of the dosage. Dr Molesworth spread the supply thinly so that each patient received very little dapsone. This time, the results were even more interesting, as benefits were noted without harmful side effects. Molesworth published his findings and set off a chain reaction of research into dapsone in order to find the correct dosage that would give no side effects at all. [Treatment, Organisation] [Africa, West Indies] |
| 1945 | In 1945, the appointment of a Special Leprologist for East African Territories was welcomed as the beginning of a more humane and vigorous policy on the disease. (Leonard Rogers, "Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook" Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59). [People, Epidemiology] [Africa, Kenya] |
| 1945 | Sholapur District, Maharashtra, India: 130 deaths due to leprosy. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer: Government of Maharashtra, Sholapur District (Revised edition). Bombay Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1977. 1st edn 1884. 2nd edn (rev): 1977. p. 791. [Epidemiology] [India] |
| 1945 | Ranigunj (Raniganj, Ranigani, Raniganji)Referred to by Dharmendra in the journal Leprosy in India. [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1945 | UzuakoliThe Uzuakoli Leprosy Settlement and Research Centre was reported to be part of the Nigerian Medical Service, when the Government assumed responsibility for the medical aspects of the work. [Leprosarium] [Nigeria] |
| 1945 | National Sanatorium Okinawa Airaku-en 国立療養所沖縄愛楽園By the end of World War II, Okinawa was under US military administration and both Airakuen and Miyako Ryoyosho Sanatoria were under US military administration. (Ohtani 137) [Leprosarium] [Japan] |
| 1945 | BankuraReferred to by Dharmendra Leprosy in India [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1945 | Lourenço MagalhãesOpened. (Document in CPDOC - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, GC j 1946.01.19 - rolo 73 fot. 882 - 884) [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1945 | Padre DamiãoOpened. (Document in CPDOC - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, GC j 1946.01.19 - rolo 73 fot. 882 - 884) [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | ‘Promin’, first sulphone compound brought into use as treatment of leprosy at the Acworth Leprosy Home. ‘Dapsone’ therapy, however, started by 1950. Reconstructive Surgery Unit opened. (Bhatki, Report on Anti-Leprosy Activities in Mumbai) [Treatment] [India] |
| 1946 | Dr Paul Brand - use of orthopaedic surgery [Treatment, People] |
| 1946 | Leonard Rogers, Leprosy "Areas of the Highest Leprosy Incidence" (11) Pages of Countries and Authorities 13-15 Tropical Africa (per mille): Belgian Congo - 20; French Equatorial Africa - 16; Sierra Leone - 12; British Nigeria - 10; Uganda - 5.4; Rhodesia - 5; Gold Coast and Cameroon - 5; Mozambique - 3/5; Angola - 3/5; Zanzibar - 3/5; Tropical Asia and Oceania: Dutch East Indian Islands - 2; Philippines - 2.7; Siam - 2; Fiji - 13; Hawaii - 3.7; French Oceanic Islands - 30; West Indian Islands and North of South America: West Indian Islands - 1; Guiana - 2-10; Colombia - 3.75; Venezuela - 1; Brazil - 2; India: Burma; Assam; Bengal; Orissa [Epidemiology, People] [Africa, India, Pacific Islands, South America, West Indies] |
| 1946 | Extensive leprosy census carried out for the whole of Brazil by Ernani Agrícola, under the supervision of the National Department of Health (Departamento Nacional de Saúde) of the Ministry of Education and Health (Ministério da Educação e Saúde). The results showed a constant rise in the number of new cases, while the prevalence level showed that the increase of the disease had not been detected, leading to a conclusion that the 'tripé' (triple action of leprosários (where patients with advanced leprosy were kept), dispensários (which had the function of examining those in contact with patients, suspected cases and less advanced cases, and preventórios (where children of parents with leprosy were brought up and educated, away from their parents.)) was an insufficient measure in impeding the propagation of the disease. (Velloso, A P & Andrade, V. Hanseníase: curar para eliminar. Porto Alegre, 2002) [Other] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | In 1946, Mr Burgess, Drs Karsner, Soule and Rodriguez of the Leonard Wood Memorial participated in the Second Pan American Conference on Leprosy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil "Appendix 1 Important Dates and Events in the Scientific Program of the Leonard Wood Memorial" in Forty Years of Leprosy Research: History of the Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation) 1928 to 1967 by Esmond R Long (Washington DC: Office of the Medical Director, Leonard Wood Memorial, 1967) [Organisation] |
| 1946 | The annual report on leprosy in Queensland noted that “Treatment with promin began on 23rd January, 1947 with 4 cases; 16 cases were being treated by the end of January and by the end of April, the maximum of 20 cases was reached. … While it is yet too early to estimate the full value of promin on this small series, the results so far are full of promise and it is felt that it can safely be said that this is the greatest step forward that has been seen in Queensland. (Health Department, Eric J Reye, Medical Officer in Charge, F Mahony, Superintendent “Leprosy” Annual Report extract: 1946-47) [Epidemiology] [Australasia] |
| 1946 | Kenya: In 1946, leprosy is reported to be relatively unimportant in Kenya as compared with tubercle.(Leonard Rogers, "Leprosy Incidence and Control in East Africa, 1924-1952 and the Outlook" Leprosy Review 25.1 (1954): 41-59) [Epidemiology, People] [Africa, Kenya] |
| 1946 | Thane District, Maharashtra, India: 55 cases were under treatment in asylums. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer: Government of Maharashtra Thane District (Revised Edition). Bombay: Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1982. 1st edn: 1882. 2nd edn (rev) 1982, p. 897. [Other] [India] |
| 1946 | Souza AraujoEighty-one patients. Responsibility of Dept of Public Health. (Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948.) [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | Cruzeiro do SulNinety patients. Director - Dr Abel Pinheiro. Araujo, HCS, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | Belisário Penna376 patients. Responsibility of Dept of Public Health. Araujo, HCS, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | Antônio Aleixo329 patients. Director - Dr João de Paula Gonçalves. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | Lazarópolis do Prata702 patients. Director - Dr Alfredo Bluth. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | Marituba683 patients. Director - Dr Telmo Sarmento. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | Frei Gil Vila NovaThirty patients. Responsibility of the parochial administration. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |
| 1946 | Bomfim268 patients. Director - Dr Almir Menezes. Araujo, H C S, História da Lepra no Brasil, Vol II, Período Republicano (1889-1946), Imprensa Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1948. [Leprosarium] [Brazil] |