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Title
Leper hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1926
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1926
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“The leper ward. This is always full to overflowing. The results of modern treatment are most encouraging.” Exterior view of the leper ward with patients sitting on beds arranged in front of the building. The leper ward was built on a spur of land called Gatheru, above the Kamara valley, and had four rooms sleeping two patients each. The ward was funded by the Mission to Lepers with an annual grant of £240. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 17 x 12.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97124670-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80576
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97124670-1.jpg
Subject
Health care
Leprosy
Hospitals (institutions, health facility)
Time Period
circa 1926
Place
Africa
Chogoria
Eastern Province
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/7 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97124668 [File]
Relation
Chogoria Early Days, 1922-1930
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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