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North Shore Babies Hospital was started by the Babies Summer Hospital Society, after a cholera epidemic in 1905. After being located on Baker's Island as a summer hospital for several years, the hospital was moved in 1910 to the Ropes Estate, a 13 room house at the end of Dearborn Street in North Salem.  At first open only in summer, in 1926 the hospital started staying open year round.
North Shore Babies Hospital was started by the Babies Summer Hospital Society, after a cholera epidemic in 1905. After being located on Baker's Island as a summer hospital for several years, the hospital moved in 1910 to the Ropes Estate, a 13 room house at the end of Dearborn Street in North Salem.  At first open only in summer, in 1926 the hospital began being open year round.
The hospital was a fixture on Ropes Point until the early 1960's, when it moved to a new building on Highland Avenue, adjacent to the Salem Hospital.
The hospital was a fixture on Ropes Point until the early 1960's, when it moved to a new building on Highland Avenue, adjacent to the Salem Hospital.


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*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D/Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&search=annual+report+of+associated+&SUBKEY=annual%20report%20of%20associated%20/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C 19th Annual Report of Associated Charities] 1910 ed., p. 61-64
*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D/Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&search=annual+report+of+associated+&SUBKEY=annual%20report%20of%20associated%20/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Xannual+report+of+associated+&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C 19th Annual Report of Associated Charities] 1910 ed., p. 61-64


*"Children's Hospital traces its history to cholera epidemic on 1904" Salem News, May 11, 2009.
*"Children's Hospital traces its history to cholera epidemic on 1904" ''Salem News'', May 11, 2009.

Revision as of 08:01, 23 October 2009

North Shore Babies Hospital was started by the Babies Summer Hospital Society, after a cholera epidemic in 1905. After being located on Baker's Island as a summer hospital for several years, the hospital moved in 1910 to the Ropes Estate, a 13 room house at the end of Dearborn Street in North Salem. At first open only in summer, in 1926 the hospital began being open year round. The hospital was a fixture on Ropes Point until the early 1960's, when it moved to a new building on Highland Avenue, adjacent to the Salem Hospital.


See Also

  • "Children's Hospital traces its history to cholera epidemic on 1904" Salem News, May 11, 2009.