Area：Western Pacific
Area：Western Pacific
Country：Solomon Islands
C J Austin reported on his visit in 1951 “Crossed by ‘Mary’ to Kolombangara and visited the Seventh Day Adventist Leprosy Station at Kukudu – at present 17 patients – 4 lepromatous and 13 tuberculoid. Very attractive settlement – all leaf huts apart from central wooden building comprising small ward, theatre, dispensary and laboratory.” (C J Austin,Leprosy in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate(Noumea: South Pacific Commission, 1952, p v)