Carville is a St. Gabriel neighborhood located ... the bank rented the plantation to the state of Louisiana to be used as a colony for leprosy patients. The original cabins that remained on ...

The leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai ... for abandoning the only leprosarium on the continental U.S., at Carville, La. (390 patients). All states, except New York and Massachusetts ...

S. today they are the favorite patients of the U. S. Public Health Service. Each leper at the Carville hospital has a private room and an abundance of savory food, costs the Health Service $3 a day.