Two boys on swings in leprosy settlement, Sarawak

Winning a War Against Leprosy: The scourge is a Scourge No Longer Wonder Drugs Guarantee Cures for Sarawak's Native Population. New drugs being used at the Sir Charles Brooke Memorial Settlement, 13 miles from Kuching, are taking away all terror of the disease which once meant social banishment for the afflicted. In the past 10 years, a transformation in diagnosis and treatment has taken place. No longer is the leper driven from home and village, getting food left by relatives at pre-arranged dumps. The wonder drugs Avlosulfon (Diaminodiphensulphone) is taken in tablet or injection form. Early cases are cured in a year. So far 450 cases in the Settlement have been definitely cured. Discharged patients are presented with a vellum certified by the Colony's governor, at a special Passing Out Ceremony. This has the psychological effect and the material means of getting the former leper to be accepted once again in his village and tribal community. While at the Settlement, patients learn a trade, and products of their handicrafts are sold for their own benefit. The lepers are from mixed tribes, many of which have only recently been sworn enemies. Once in the Settlement, however, there is a universal brotherhood of the afflicted. They have their own orchestra, shops, classes, etc, and quite often a cured leper is loath to leave when his time is up. Once their Fate Would Have Been Sealed: Now These Children Have a Healthy Future. Children who contract the disease of Leprosy are taken in at the Settlement as well as adults. They have playgrounds in the Settlement grounds and live a fairly normal life while their cure takes place

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