A newspaper account on the day wrote: "The Children's Hospital is essentially a women's work..." and cited Annie Bond and the Council of Women as the driving forces behind its establishment. Also, the hospital's first fundraising committee was made up entirely of women.
The house could handle up to 30 patients and relied mostly on volunteer doctors and nurses. Care cost 25 cents a day.
In a couple of years, the hospital moved to a larger facility on Aberdeen Avenue and moved again in 1956 to their current home at what is now the Health Sciences Centre.
For more, see A History of Child Health which includes a photo gallery of all three hospitals.
February 6, 1919 - A front page story in the Manitoba Free Press declared that the "Spanish Influenza" epidemic sweeping the world has arrived in Manitoba's north. There are large numbers of casualties in many Aboriginal communities.
February 6, 1939 - The Winnipeg Winter Club’s Mary Rose Thacker wins her first of two North American figure skating championships. She repeated the feat in 1941. (Also see.)
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