There were 3 million lepers in India in the 1980s. A quarter of them werre children. Most of them were boys. Perhaps because they were more out in society and therefore at greater risk of becoming infected. The children attended normal school while receiving treatment. it was part of rehabilitation
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-92532
- Format
- Photographs
- Place Discussed
- Asia Indien Syd India, South Indien India Tamil Nadu Vadathorasalur
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- imp-dan-DM_00332.jpg
- Rights
- CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse. Danmission Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk danmission@danmission.dk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/df971dd84a785577ff4d3d4561e95fc8