This institution was a ‘preventório’ – a place for children of parents with leprosy. Here were housed the children of patients at Hospital-Colônia Itapuã.
(Barcelos, A & Borges, V T. O CEDOPE/HCI e o resgate da memória em uma instituição de saúde. Porto Alegre, 2002)
This institution had room for 200 children and was built by the Sociedade Rio-Grandense de Assistência aos Lázaros e Defesa contra a Lepra.
(Velloso, A P & Andrade, V. Hanseníase – Curar para Eliminar. Edição das Autoras, Porto Alegre, 2002, Chapter 6, 70)