Nauru: C J Austin reported in Leprosy on the Island of Nauru that there "are now eleven patients in isolation at the Leprosy Station [on Nauru] - all bacteriologically positive cases. They include nine males and two females, seven being recorded as under sixteen years of age. Two of them were born in the Leprosy Station and removed 'soon aftr birth'; two others had parents undergoing treatment at the station; three were themselves attending the Prophylactic Clinic prior to the Jalanese occupation, while the remaining four have no recent damily history of leprosy (although at the height of the outbreak, it was stated that parctically every family had one or more victims). Source: C J Austin, Leprosy on the Island of Nauru , Noumea, South Pacific Commission, April 1952, p 3.[Epidemiology][Nauru, Pacific Islands]
1952
IsobaRG Cochrane visited Isoba. He observed that "The work at Isoba is new and Dr. Seal has a difficult task, particularly as some fo the worse affected areas lie amidst the river creeks, and are ver inaccessible. The institution itself is developing into a very fine one, and will do an increasingly effective piece of work." Source: RG Cochrane, "Report on visit to Nigeria, 15th March to 1st May, 1952", Leprosy Review , 24.1 (1953): 33-51, on p. 42.[Leprosarium][Nigeria]
1952
Sudan United Mission at AloiciRG Cochrane, "Report on visit to Nigeria, 15th March to 1st May, 1952", Leprosy Review , 24.1 (1953): 33-51.[Leprosarium][Nigeria]
1952
Uganda: In 1952 the training of leprosy assistants was started at Kumi Leprosy Centre and Saint Francis Leprosarium at Buluba[Treatment][Africa, Uganda]
1953
Sixth International Leprosy Congress kept the Havana classification with some additional subclassifications but changed "Intermediate" to a third "polar", definitely defined "Dimorphous" type. "Dimorphous" soon came to be synonymous with "Intermediate" and "Borderline". International Journal of Leprosy: Centennial Festskrift, 1 1873-1973[Conference/Congress, Organisation]
1953
ItesioOn 19th November 1953, the Interterritorial Leprologist took up residence at Itesio permanently in order to watch over the growth of the Research Centre and to be ready to take over the active duties of his other office of Director of the Research Unit. Quoted from Report of the East African Interritorial Leprologist, Itesio, 1953 by J Ross Innes[Leprosarium][Kenya]
1953
Death of Gordon Alexander Ryrie (medical secretary for BELRA - wrote for Leprosy Review )[People]
1953
de GuíaDuring the 1950s, Hugo Pesce established de Guía as headquarters of the second national leprosy campaign. Source: Cueto & Núñes, 2006.[Leprosarium][Peru]
1953
The Sixth International Congress, Madrid (President of the International Leprosy Association: H W Wade) Thiosemicarbazone. BCG. Leprosaria have to be replaced by outpatient clinics[Conference/Congress, People, Treatment][Europe]
1953
Oji RiverThe headquarters of the whole of the Nigeria [Leprosy Control] Service is stationed at Oji River, under the direction of Dr. T. F. Davey. I may say at this point, that this Service is a model of its kind, and the work of Dr. R. H. Bland, who developed the Service up to its present state of efficiency, is worthy of all praise. .... While at Oji River I was able to visit several segregation units. Again I was struck by the relative mildness of the leprosy lesion, and the low incidence of lepromatous cases. It is in this area that Dapsone treatment has been used in the most extensive manner. .... Oji River Settlement has nearly 1,000 patients ... The children's work needs particular mention. Mr. and Mrs. Savory have developed this side of the work to a high degree of efficiency. They have a separate children's home, and do not allow, as is sometimes the custom, children to be farmed out to adults, for they contend that this practice is open to abuse and is detrimental to the full development of the child.' Source: RG Cochrane, "Report on visit to Nigeria, 15th March to 1st May, 1952", Leprosy Review , 24.1 (1953): 33-51, on pp 34 & 42-3.[Leprosarium][Nigeria]
1953
“Reports: British Guiana: Report on Leprosy for 1953” LR 28.1 (1957): 34 “The number of known cases of leprosy in this Colony at the end of the year was 1 213 which shows an incidence of 2.7 per 1 000 of the population. Of this number, 233 cases were treated as in-patients and the remaining cases as out-patients. As in previous years, School Surveys were conducted by a specially trained Health Visitor and 25 cases of early tuberculoid leprosy were detected among 48 152 children examined. The prognosis of cases found at School Surveys was good when attgendance at clinic was regular.”[Epidemiology][South America]
1953
Dapsone was used to treat leprosy patients in India - 152 leprosy hospitals with a total bed strength of 19 600 and 1 203 leprosy clinics were established to serve leprosy out-patients between 1871 and 1953 - with the support of charitable/religious organisations and the government. ( Independent Evaluation of NLEP - June, 1955 )[Treatment][India]
1953
In 1953 the IV All India Leprosy Workers' Conference was held at Puri from January 4-6. Devdas Gandhi and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the Union Minister for Health, visited the Puri and Cuttack Leprosy Colonies respectively.[People][India]
1953
On February 2, 1953, the Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation, based at Wardha, established a leprosy control unit at Parlakhemundi in the Ganjam district.[Other][India]
1953
In 1953 Leonard Wood Memorial staff participated in the Vith International Congress on Leprosy, in Madrid, Spain, where 337 leprologists attended from 50 countries "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]
1953
“If the number of discharges continues as it has during the past few years we can look forward to the day when Hansen’s disease will no longer be endemic in Queensland.” (M H Gabriel, Medical Superintendent “Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy)” Health Department Annual Report extract: 1953-54) In 1953/4, 26 new cases of Hansen's Disease were notified in the State of Queensland 2.04/100,000 (from the Statistics for the Commonwealth at 31st December 1963)[Epidemiology, Treatment][Australasia]
1953
"The low infectivity of the disease was eventually accepted and the segregation policy was removed in 1953 when compulsory internment was abolished except under special circumstances." Leprosy Archives: The Maltese Islands compiled by C Savona-Ventura, the Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands, the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, Malta, 2006, p. 10)[Legislation][Malta]
1953
Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India: 80 deaths from leprosy. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer, Kolhapur District. Bombay: Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications. Maharashtra State 1960. 1st edn. 1886. 2nd (rev) 1960, p. 784.[Epidemiology][India]
1954
In 1954 The Eye in Leprosy abstracts from the literature 1933-1953 were published as a mimeograph by the Leonard Wood Memorial "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]
1954
In 1954 Leprosy by JA Doull was published by the Veterans Administration, Technical Bulletin TB 10-98, 15 March "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]
1954
“This year has been a most successful one, with eight discharges, one death and seven admissions, leaving only 20 active cases – the lowest number for many years.” (M H Gabriel, Acting Superintendent “Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy)” Queensland Health Department Annual Report extract: 1954-55) In 1954/5, 7 new cases of Hansen's Disease were notified in the State of Queensland .52/100,000 (from the Statistics for the Commonwealth at 31st December 1963)[Epidemiology, Treatment][Australasia]
1954
In March 1954, the Executive Officer for Health, South Pacific Commission, visited American Samoa. The administrative and health authorities expressed their appreciation for the work done by Dr Sloan, whose recommendations had already received attention. Saipele Matagi, Samoan Medical Practitioner, is in charge of the leprosy programme; the proposed leprosarium has been completed and cares for 23 patients, most of them being former patients in Makogai; DDS is intensively but not exclusively used for both outpatients and inpatients; examination of the population is being continued. One point of interest should be noted: there is no fence around the leprosarium; the patients remain in isolation and keep to the regulations voluntarily. (Norman R Sloan, Leprosy in American Samoa (Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission, 1954, p iii)[People, Treatment][Pacific Islands]
1954
John Lowe was medical secretary of BELRA from this time[Organisation][Europe]
1954
Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India: 67 deaths from leprosy. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer, Kolhapur District. Bombay: Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications. Maharashtra State 1960. 1st edn. 1886. 2nd (rev) 1960, p. 784.[Epidemiology][India]
1954
“Investigation of Tuberculosis in those Suffering from Leprosy”, J J Baldo. Rev Sanidad y Asistancia Social, Caracas, 1954, Sept-Dec 19.5/6, 361-71. This investigation was conducted with patients of the Cabo Blanco Leprosarium, Venezuela.[Other][South America]
1954
Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1954, the Baptist mission handed over its management to the government of Orissa on December 14, 1954. The Government deputed two doctors, one to serve as the superintendent and the other as medical officer (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 135)[Leprosarium][India]
1954
On December 14, 1954, the Government of Orissa opened the first leprosy pilot project at Khurda under the National Leprosy Control Programme.[Other][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]
1954
Between 1954 and 1955 the effect of BCG on lepromin reaction in young children was investigated. The chief investigtor was R S Guinto "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]
1954
Pulau JerejakAt the Pulau Jerejak Settlement too, reduced in the post-war years to some 400 patients occupying 131 semi-detached houses in the western part of theisland, patients were engaged in similar activities, but on a smaller scale: "Gardening, poultry rearing, fishing are the main occupations. Each community has its own club room, where reading and indoor games are indulged in." (A Joshua-Raghavar, Leprosy in Malaysia: Past, Present and Future,( A Joshua-Raghavar: Sungai Buluh, West Malaysia, 1983): 148)[Leprosarium][Malaysia]