The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-07-06, Page 10CONGRATULATIONS
ON THE COMPLETION OF
ANOTHER FINE ADDITION
TO THE
WINGHAM
AND DISTRICT
HOSPITAL
LECIRICAL CONSTRUCTION &
The original hospital in 1906.
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with waterworks facilities,
closets, etc, There is also an
opening for an elevator but the
installation is deferred at the
present, The whole building is
heated with hot water and is
very comfortable. The operat-
ing room is well equipped and
seems to lack none of the es-
sentials. Equipment is the lat-
est and up-to-date,"
Within a week the hospital
reported two patients. The
directors printed an invitation
in The Advance for all doctors
to send their patients to the
hospital. There were no re-
strictions.
Six years after the opening
700 patients had been cared for
in the hospital. Many patients
had not been able to pay and
others could only pay part of
the actual cost of maintenance.,
More space was needed, es-
pecially for nurses' quarters,
and the directors hoped to erect
a three-storey addition.
At the annual meeting it was
reported that the. minimum
charge was 700, per day; Miss
Mathews was the superintend-
ent with a staff of two nurses in
their second year of training
and three in their first year,
one domestic, a woman in the
laundry, and a caretaker.
Only $1, 500 had been raised
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PRESIDENT OF THE HOSPITAL Auxiliary and a member of
the hospital board, Mrs. J. W. English, presented a cheque
, from the Auxiliary to the chairman of the Wingham and
District Hospital Board, R. B. Cousins, during the opening
of the hospital addition.—A-T Photo.
THE NEW AMBULANCE which is operated by personnel
from the Wingham and District Hospital was on display
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during the opening of the hospital addition and drew
considerable interest on the part of those attending.—A-T.
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PAgP WinghAM AO.va TMirsday jtgY 1967
Hospital important institution. to Wingham and district for the past 61 years.
THE OFFICIAL OPENING of the hospital
provided a good opportunity for friends
to meet and chat. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Madill, foreground, are shown talking to
Friday. Mrs. Herb Litt, Mrs. Lloyd Gros-
ley and Mrs, Lorne Edwards, staff mem-
bers, are shown with one of the units,
THE HON. C. S. MacNAUGHTON officially opened the new
wing at the local hospital last Friday when he cut the
ribbon at the emergency entrance, Assisting are Murray
Gaunt, MLA., Huron-Bruce; Robert McKinley, M.P., Hur-
on; Mrs. I. E. Morrey, hospital administrator; Donald Mac-
Kenzie, warden of Huron County; Mr. MacNaughton;
Frank Field, warden of Bruce County; R. B. Cousins, board
chairman, and Wingham's Mayor DeWitt Miller.—A-T Pix.
BEST WISHES
WINGHAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL
ON THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW FACILITIES
We are proud to have been chosen to
supply the furnishings for the new wing.
SIMPSON'S CONTRACT DIVISION
200 ueern Ave,
LONDON, ONTARIO
Friday's official opening at
Wingham and District Hospital
of an addition which cost near-
ly a million dollars, would
have been far beyond the dreams
of the devoted citizens who in
1906 raised between $5, 000 and
$6, 000 to found the institution.
Now rated at 100 beds and
14 bassinettes, the hospital has
the best of operating facilities
and equipment and the advan-
tages of laboratory, pharmacy,
etc' Well over $3, 000, 000 has
been invested in the 1946, 1955
and the present addition.
FIRST HOSPITAL
Dr. John P. Kennedy realiz-
ed the need of a hospital as ear-
ly as 1895 and in October of
that year opened a small hospi-
tal in rooms above A. E.
Smith's bank (the south part of
Stainton's Hardware). Mrs.
Hodgson was the matron, Dr.
Kennedy was medical superin-
tendent, and trained nurses were
employed.
This was the first hospital in
Huron County and since there
was no such institution in Bruce
County, the hospital had four
patients from outside points
within a week of its opening.
Lack of facilities and no room
for expansion finally caused the
closing of the hospital.
FOUNDED IN 1906
A group of citizens organiz-
ed in 1906 to form a company
and provide a hospital. Dr.
Kennedy also played a promin-
ent part in this move. Sub-
scriptions produced the neces-
sary funds to purchase the 22-
room home of A, W, Webster
and have it remodelled. Other
citizens made donations for fur-
nishings. In December of that
year a delegation visited county
council to request a $1, 000
grant. The council granted
$500 Miss Katharine Stevenson,
graduate of a Buffalo hospital,
was employed as lady superin-
tendent with Miss Eva Kelly as
head nurse,
The three-storey home was
converted into a 13-bed hospi-
tal and the official opening was
January 24, 1907. Members of
the Ladies' Auxiliary were in
the various rooms to give in-
formation about furnishings to
the visiting public both after-
noon and evening.
An account of the opening in
The Wingham Advance said
' ...The rooms are light and
airy. The building is electric
lighted and each flat furnished
Fred Davidson, a former chairman of the
hospital board, and Dr, W. A, Crawford,
well-known local physician.
—Advance-Times Photo.
EQUIPMENT IN THE therapy room of the
hospital was interesting to those touring
the building during the official opening on