Channel Island Leprosy Hospital
In 1943 sisters from the daughters of our lady of the sacred heart took over the nursing duties on channel island.
Channel island leprosy hospital. Channel island leprosarium was closed in 1955 and was replaced by the east arm leprosarium on the mainland. The site was used for a leprosy patient in 1885 and for small pox patients from 1887. It replaced the mud island lazaret.
But the natural beauty of channel island masks an ugly past. Chandag leprosy hospital later tlm mary reed leprosy hospital. Remnants of which still lie within the dense overgrown vegetation thriving from within it.
This hospital for leprosy sufferers was for many decades run by nuns. The leprosarium was originally built for use as a commonwealth quarantine station in 1914. Channel island was established as a quarantine station in 1914.
A new quarantine station being built at east arm on the mainland. An increase in leprosy cases in the 1950s led to problems of overcrowding. The channel island leprosarium was opened by the commonwealth government in 1931.
Mr wells said nancys life was extraordinary because many of the leprosy patients on the island suffered severe symptoms and never recovered or made it out alive.