leper house

a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.

Origin of leper house

First recorded in 1850–55

Before the first notice of the earliest Scotch leper-house that I have been able to trace—viz.

Archaeological Essays Vol. 2 |James Y. Simpson
“Besides a general hospital we have likewise a leper-house,” said the bookseller.

The Bible in Spain |George Borrow
In earlier times a Leper-house existed just beyond the gate.

Addresses & Papers / Collectanea |Peter Eade
“Besides a general hospital, we have likewise a leper-house,” said the bookseller.

The Bible in Spain |George Borrow

We speak of the churchyard as "haunted," and we recoil in horror from the leper-house or the cholera-camp.

Preventable Diseases |Woods Hutchinson