Interior furnishings of a Patient's Room, Louisiana Leper Home, c. 1916. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections. Carville, LA.

Furnishings, bedding, and even clothes were provided to patients. Many of the materials were donated by other organizations, as well as individuals.

Notice the radiator--steam heat from the electric plant was used to heat buildings hospital wide. A hospital report dated 1916 reported the installation of electric lights, the addition of the first cold storage plant and plans to bring movies to the patients. The first autopsy was also reportedly done.