Leprosy patient, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1953

“Leprosy patients.” Portrait of a man sitting on the ground with a tea cup in front of him. Chogoria had a dedicated leper’s ward, funded by the Mission to Lepers, which was situated on a spur of land called Gatheru. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.