A patient at the lazaret on Peel Island in the 1950s.(Supplied: Morgan Gabriel via State Library of Queensland) A patient at the lazaret on Peel Island in the 1950s.(Supplied: Morgan Gabriel via ...

For 31 years there was no surgery at the Peel Island lazaret. A doctor would visit patients on a regular basis, while a matron and superintendent lived on the island. Patients were treated with ...