Subathu Leper AsylumSubathu asylum was founded. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098.[Leprosarium][India]
1868
SabathuFounded. 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]
1869
Use of Hydnocarpus oil in the treatment of leprosy by Dr Bhau Daji Lad in J J Hospital, Bombay.[People, Treatment][India]
1869
KhokanaFounded. Source: Janet Jones, 'Issues in Leprosy and Social Isolation - a Case Study from Nepal', Ph.D. thesis, University of Derby, 2006, p. 178.[Leprosarium][Nepal]
1870
Investigations into the state of leprosy in the Philippine islands[Other][Philippines]
1870
Sanitary Commission and Vaccination Department merge in India (Harrison 9).[Other][India]
1871
First Leprosy Survey as part of Imperial census. Source: Independent Evaluation of NLEP - June, 1955 .[Legislation][India]
1871
Leprosy prevailed extensively in 1871 [in Amoy]. Of the patients who applied to the native hospital, seven per cent suffered from leprosy in some form. (George Thin, Leprosy , London: Percival,1891:54)[Epidemiology][China]
1871
"In the report to September 1871 it is stated that the disease is by no means uncommon". [in "Taiwan Foo"] (George Thin, Leprosy , London: Percival,1891:54)[Epidemiology][China, Taiwan]
1871
Palliport Leper Hospital/LazarettoA Report on Certain Forms of Skin Diseases Observed in the Madras Presidency mentions three asylums: a Leper Hospital in Madras, the Palliport Lazaretto established at Cochin in 1864, and one at Bangalore[Leprosarium][India]
1871
Pulau JerejakWhen Pulau Jerejak was opened in 1871, the patients were probably only from the Penang-Province Wellesley area, since there was yet no law for compulsory segregation, and Singapore had established its own hospital for leprosy patients in a renovated goal building in the Serangoon Road-Lavender Street area. (A Joshua-Raghavar, Leprosy in Malaysia: Past, Present and Future,( A Joshua-Raghavar: Sungai Buluh, West Malaysia, 1983): 39-40)[Leprosarium][Malaysia]
1872
Dehra DunEstablished. 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]
1872
Hansen's concentration on blood and nodules of patients with leprosy.[People]
1872
Iceland: numbers 43 (Ehlers, quoted in Rogers 17).[Epidemiology][Europe]
1872
The first census of leprosy in India, conducted in 1872, noted 108 807 cases in a population of 198 281 169, a prevalence of 0.54. Gupte notes that "This information was collected by lay workers based on details collected mostly with respect to grossly deformed leprosy patients through village leaders and institute records. It was realised that these figures were gross underestimates and a correction factor of 8 was applied based on several survey findings obtained from 1927 onwards." "Leprosy: Epidemiology" in IADVL Textbook of Atlas of Dermatology vol 1 2nd ed, 2001.[Epidemiology][India]
1872
Maclaren Leper HospitalFounded. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098.[Leprosarium][India]
1873
Albert Victor Leper AsylumPayment of a monthly subscription of Rs. 100 was made by the justices towards the maintenance of the Leprosy Asylum, Calcutta from November 1873 West Bengal State Archives[Leprosarium][India]
1873
Purulia, Chota NagporeThe construction of the leprosy asylum, Purulia West Bengal State Archives[Leprosarium][India]
1873
Albert Victor Leper AsylumIn August 1873, a proposal was made to either close the Leprosy Asylum, Calcutta or to transfer it to the government or the Calcutta Municipality West Bengal State Archives[Leprosarium][India]
1873
Gerhard Armauer Hansen’s observations of Mycobacterium leprae Photo of M leprae .[People, Treatment]
1873
Albert Victor Leper AsylumThe progress of the Leprosy Asylum, Calcutta was reported in March 1873 West Bengal State Archives[Leprosarium][India]
1873
After meeting Dr Hansen, Dr Henry Carter demonstrated M leprae in J J Hospital, Bombay, to other colleagues.[People, Treatment][India]
1873
Albert Victor Leper AsylumThe services of a sub-assistant surgeon were placed at the disposal of Dr. Stewart in the Leprosy Asylum, Calcutta West Bengal State Archives[Leprosarium][India]
1873
Father Damien de Veuster of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus left Honolulu to go to Molokai.[People][Pacific Islands]
1873
Albert Victor Leper AsylumIn June 1873, the Medical Officer of the Leprosy Asylum, Calcutta expressed unwillingness to give Dr. Dougall’s treatment a trial. [Jun., 1873]. West Bengal State Archives[Leprosarium][India]
1873
Wellesley Bailey initiated the Mission to Lepers in India. It was later to become the Mission to Lepers of India and the East (1893) and then the Leprosy Mission (1966). In 1924, it was active in fifteen countries, supporting seventy-three institutions. (Gussow 208).[People][India]
1873
Sweden: leprosy peaked with around 200 cases. Source: RG Cochrane, "Leprosy in Scandinavia", Leprosy Review , 24.1 (1953): 5-7.[Epidemiology][Europe, Scandinavia]
1873
Dinsha Manekji Petit Asylum (Dinshah Manockji Petit Leprosy Hospital) (run by a local board with Government aid)[Leprosarium]
1873
KalaupapaArrival of Father Damien to Kalaupapa[Leprosarium][Hawaii]
1873
Albert Victor Leper AsylumThe government refused to grant any aid to the Calcutta asylum in August 1873 West Bengal State Archives[Leprosarium][India]