Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium

National Sanatorium Tama Zenshōen
Geography
Location 4-1-1, Aobacho, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates 35°45′55″N 139°29′37.6″E / 35.76528°N 139.493778°E / 35.76528; 139.493778
Organisation
Care system HealthCare of those who had leprosy
Hospital type National hospital run by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
History
Founded 1909
Links
Website http://www.nhds.go.jp/~zenshoen/
Lists Hospitals in Japan

Tama Zenshōen Sanatorium, or National Sanatorium Tama Zenshōen, is a sanatorium for leprosy or ex-leprosy patients situated in Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo-to, Japan starting in 1909.

History

Background

Tama Zensho Hospital and Sanatorium

Directors

Number of Patients at fiscal year end

The number of in-patients is the sum of patients which changed not only by the newly diagnosed hospitalized and those who died among in-patients, by other factors such as the number of patients who escaped or were discharged, depending on the condition of the times. Recently they were encouraged to be discharged, but the long period of the segregation policy causing leprosy stigma might influence the number of those who went into the society.[2]

Number of In-patients
Year
[3]
Males Females Total
1909 165 63 228
1920 338 133 471
1930 762 291 1053
1940 805 403 1208
1950 733 411 1144
1960 771 407 1178
1970 660 375 1035
1978 640 360 1000
Number of In-patients
Year
[4]
Number of
in-patients
2003 447
2004 417
2005 371
2006 358
2007 334
2008 319

Museum

Leprosy Research Center

Notes

  1. Hōjō Tamio translated and with an introduction by Kathryn M. Tanaka, “Life’s First Night” and the Treatment of Hansen's Disease in Japan, The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 4, No. 1, January 19, 2015.
  2. Kue Issho(1979) Zenshoen Kanja Jichikai p.276, Ikkou-Sha, Tokyo, in Japanese
  3. Fukken Eno Jitsugetsu (2001), Zenkoku Hansenbyouryouyousho Nyushosha Kyougikai, Koyo Shuppan, Tokyo
  4. http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~libell/4ryouyousyo.html2009.12.23

References

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