Word: kalaupapa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Public Health Service's Dr. Leroy E. Burney visited Kalaupapa last year to see whether the 95-year-old leprosy colony should be amalgamated with the only continental U.S. leprosarium, in Carville, La. Burney's conclusion: both should continue, for the time being. But Kalaupapa's life, at least as a leprosy settlement, appears limited. Hawaii has reported only 16 new cases of leprosy thus far this year (as compared to 94 in 1920), and less than half required hospitalization. Says Dr. Ira D. Hirschy. director of Hawaii's leprosy program: "As soon as the medical...