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| 1854 | The asylum was founded. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098 and Report on Leprosy and its Control in India by the Committee appointed by the Central Advisory Board of Health (1941). Government of India Press, New Dehli, 1942, p. 59. |
| 1856 | American Missionaries |
| 1886 | It was reported that "At the Umballa Asylum [sic], intermarriage is not allowed; but when lepers enter the institution as husband and wife, they are allowed to live together. Women and married people occupy one barrack; the men two others. Selections from the Government of India Home Department: Papers Relating to the Treatment of Leprosy in India from 1887-95, (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1896): 8 |
| 1890 | Amballa is mentioned in the report of the Leprosy Commission |
| 1924 | Wellesley Bailey visited Amballa in 1924 Bailey, W. Fifty Years' Work for Lepers 1874-1924, London: The Mission to Lepers, 1924 |
| 1927 | Robert Cochrane reports that Amballa is aided by the Mission to Lepers |
| 1931 | 65 patients in 4 stone/brick barrack style houses.
Run by the American Presbyterian Mission, funded by the Mission to Lepers and the Punjab Government. Directed by Rev WA Zoerner, with medical care provided by Dr Elizabeth Farra and one assistant. Source: League of Nations Archive: File 29098. |
| 1941 | The leprosarium had accommodation for 60 patients, and was run by a Mission.
Source: Report on Leprosy and its Control in India by the Committee appointed by the Central Advisory Board of Health (1941). Government of India Press, New Dehli, 1942, p. 59. |