Dr. Carl Enna and Carville nursing staff in front of Infirmary, 1973. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections. Carville, LA.

The Daughters of Charity served as on-site nurses from 1894 until 2005, when their "Carville Mission" was officially closed.

Public Health nurses began duties here in the 1940's but the chief nurse was usually a Daughter of Charity.