Display board, inmates at leprosy settlement, Sarawak

Feb. 29 Details of the inmates of the Sarawak Leper Settlement appear on a board in the office Revealed are details of the tribes represented inside. Tribal animosities are forgotten as the conk of healing a disease common to all, see on. WINNING A WAR AGAINST LEPROSY: THE SCOURGE IS A SCOURGE NO LONGER CINDER DRUGS GUARANTEE CURES 201 SARAWAK'S NATIVE POPULATION New drugs being used at the Sir Charles Brooke Memorial Settlement, 13 miles from Kuching, aro 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 drug Avaosulfon (Diaminodiphenewsulp en in tablet or iujection form. Early cases are cured WS 1410r. So far 430 cases in the Settlement have been definitely Out004 Discharged patients are presented with a vellum certificate by the Colony's governor, at a special Passing Out Ceremony. This Ion the psychological effect and the material means of getting the former leper to be accepted again in his village and tribal community. While at the Settlement, patients learn a trade, and products of their handicraft 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

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