Personal Details Name: Miss Caroline Howell Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 1903 Camp History Name: Heilbron RC Name: East London RC Date arrival: 2/4/1901 Illness Reason: leprosy Out patient: Yes Notes: 2/4/1902: Dr DC McArthur, PMO to Superintendent, East London: Has probably had the disease for 2 years; Is informed by Dr Spong that the case was known at Heilbron, surprised that she should have been sent with no warning; reported to RM 10/4/1902: Tregaskis, PMO to Superintendent, Heilbron: This case was known to me and reported by me to your predecessor, to the Medical Inspector of Refugee Camps, to the Military PMO, to the DS and through him to the RM; in short to every conceivable authority, and no action was taken. 14/7/1902: CSRC to Superintendent, East London: Question is being considered by the Colonial Secretary of the ORC, who will advise what action to take. It is proposed to send her to the Lepter Hospital at Robben Island Sources Title: SRC 21 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 21 Dates: Mar-Apr 1902 Notes: RC8070, 2/4/1901, PMO to Superintendent, East London and related correspondence Title: SRC 26 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 26 Dates: July 1902 Notes: RC9176, 14/7/1902, CSRC to Superintendent, East London

Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.