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Nursery and Child's Hospital of New York City. (1)

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The Nursery and Child’s Hospital was founded on May 2, 1854 by Mrs. Cornelius DuBois. The original name of the organization was The Nursery for the Children of the Poor Women. The Hospital started out as a nursery for wet nurses to leave their children while they worked. At the time, children of wet nurses were dying because of lack of food and care. The charity wanted to reduce the death rate among wet nurses’ children. The location for the Nursery was the corner of 15th Street...

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