Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children

Founded: Establised 1875; incorporated 1880; opened 1884. Endowed by Thomas Wilson with fund of $500,000.
Location: Baltimore office: 301 north Charles St. Hospital located at Mount Wilson, Baltimore County. Station A, 1520 east Eager St.; Station B, 1706 east Pratt St.; Station C, 1418 Light St.; Station D, 705 Columbia Ave.; Station E, 110 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1901
    Notes: Nurse, Miss O’Bryan, 301 north Charles St. Office hours, 1 to 2 p.m. Telephone, C&P, St. Paul 1177. Messages may be left at the office at any hour during the day. The nurse (appointed 1901) gives practical instruction to mothers in their homes or in connection with guilds or societies concerning the proper care of children and the sanitary conditions ncessary for their welfare. The nurse desires to cooperate especially with dispensaries.
    Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: 37
  • Dates: 1901
    Notes: THOMAS WILSON SANITARIUM FOR CHILDREN (Estab. 1875, incor. 2880, opened 1884), Mount Wilson, Baltimore County. C&P telephone, Pikesville 310. Baltimore office of Sanitarium, 301 north Charles St., C&P telephone, St. Paul 1177. Head nurse in city, Miss O’Bryan, office hours 1 to 2 p.m. Object. — The care of children under five years of age suffering from summer complaints. When possible the child must be accompanied by the mother or a near relative, and she can remain at the Sanitarium. Practical instruction is given by a trained nurse to mothers in their homes, or in connection with guilds or societies, concerning the proper care of children and the principles of hygiene. Management — By board of 8 trustees. Admission. –To the Sanitarium, apply at the station named below, which is nearest to the child’s home. If the baby is too sick to be taken to the station, the mother should go to leave her address; the nurse will then call and see the child. Station A, 1520 east Eager St., open from 8 to 10 a.m.; Station B, 1706 east Pratt St., open from 8 to 10 a.m.; Station C, 1418 Light St., open from 8 to 10 a.m.; Station D, 705 Columbia Ave., open from 8 to 10 a.m.; Station E, 110 Patterson Avenue, open from 12 m. to 1 p.m.No person suffering with contagious or infectious disease will be admitted.

    During May and September of each year older children in need of convalescent treatment are received.

    The Sanitarium is desirous of cooperating with dispensaries and all charitable institutions interested in the care of children. Endowed in 1875 by founder with fund of $500,000, from the income of which the estate at Mt. Wilson was purchased and all improvements made.
    Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 48

 

Temporary hospital encampments

Founded: various dates
Closed: varous dates
Location: Temporary encampments opened as hospital facilities during epidemics, Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1800
    Notes: To prevent spread of epidemic, an encampment is opened for the sick north of the [City] hospital (September 2).
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 672

 

Temporary Army hospital

Founded: by April 1861
Location
: located in a vacant building across from City Hall [Peale Museum], Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1861/04/23
    Notes: In a vacant building across from City Hall a hospital was established with the following physicians:

    Dr. Edward Warren Surgeon
    Dr. Horace A. Brooks Chief Surgeon
    Dr. H.C. Nelson Surgeon
    Dr. John N. Coohan Surgeon
    Dr. A.S. Erick Surgeon
    Dr. Davis Thompson Surgeon
    Dr. C.C. Lee Surgeon
    Dr. J.C. McKenzie Surgeon
    Dr. T.G. McKenzie Surgeon
    Dr. Wilson Surgeon’s Staff
    Dr. Yellot Surgeon’s Staff
    Dr. Church Surgeon’s Staff

    Source: South (Baltimore), 1861/04/23

 

Sydenham Hospital

Founded: 1909
Closed: December 1949
Location
: Eastern Avenue and 26th Street, Baltimore, MD

Bibliography

  • Dowling, H.F., “Politics, medical education and the control of contagious diseases: Sydenham Hospital of Baltimore.” J Hist Med Allied Sci (40 (1)): 5-21

 

Supervisors of City Charities

Location: Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1901
    Notes: The following hospitals have ambulances for the conveyance of sick persons to the hospital named in the title:The City Hospital, Calvert and Saratoga Sts.
    Johns Hopkins Hospital, Broadway and McElderry St.
    The Maryland General Hospital, Linden Ave. and Madison St.
    The Maryland University Hospital, Greene and Lombard Sts.
    St. Joseph’s Hospital, Caroline and Hoffman Sts.
    The Health Department, City Hall Annex, has a ambulance to convey cases of contagious disease to the Quarantine Hospital.
    The Supervisors of City Charities have contracted with the following hospitals for the conveyance of city patients: Maryland General, Maryland University, City Hospital, St. Joseph’s, and Homeopathic.
    United States Marine Hospital Service has an ambulance which conveys sick sailors to the hospital.
    Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 46

 

St. Vincent’s Lying-In Hospital

Location: Lafayette Avenue and Division Street, Baltimore, MD

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St. Vincent’s Infant Asylum and Maternity Hospital

Founded: 1857
Location
: Division and Lafayette Avenues, Baltimore, MD

Images

St. Vincent's Infant Asylum. Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 (Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company, 1894). Maryland State Archives

St. Vincent’s Infant Asylum. Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 (Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company, 1894). Maryland State Archives

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