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Winnipeg's First Children's Hospital

Winnipeg's First Children's Hospital is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · Children's Hospital, 840 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg · location approximate

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Typhoid, cholera, and dysentery spread among the poor in Winnipeg in the early 1900s because of crowded housing and lack of public sanitation. These epidemics claimed many lives, especially those of children. Mrs. Annie Bond, a former British Army nurse, asked the Winnipeg Council of Women to provide a house for the care of sick children. In December 1908, the Council rented a house at 4 Beaconsfield Street, close to the families the hospital was to serve. The hospital opened on 6 February 1909. The Council of Women supported the hospital through fund-raising drives and the City of Winnipeg contributed 25 cents a day for each patient. In 1910 the hospital opened a nursing school. A larger facility was soon needed. In November 1911 the hospital was relocated to Aberdeen Avenue. A new children's hospital was built on the Health Sciences Centre site in 1956.

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Au début des années 1900, le surpeuplement des habitations et l'absence de systèmes sanitaires publics permettent à la typhoïde, au choléra et à la dysenterie de se propager parmi les plus démunis de Winnipeg. Ces épidémies causent de nombreux décès, particulièrement chez les enfants. Mme Annie Bond, ancienne infirmière de l'Armée britannique, a demandé au Conseil des femmes (Council of Women) de Winnipeg de fournir une maison qui servirait à soigner les enfants malades. En décembre 1908, le Conseil loue une maison sise au 4, rue Beaconsfield, à proximité des familles que doit servir l'hôpital. Après l'ouverture de l'hôpital, le 6 février 1909, le Conseil des femmes lui apporte son appui par le biais de compagnes de prélèvement de fonds, tandis que la Ville de Winnipeg verse 25 cents par jour pour chaque malade. En 1910, l'hôpital ouvre une école de sciences infirmières dans un édifice qui devient vite trop petit. En novembre 1911, l'hôpital déménage dans l'avenue Aberdeen. En 1956, on érige un nouvel hôpital des enfants là où se trouve maintenant le Centre des sciences de la santé.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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