Babies' Hospital of Philadelphia opened on 11 July 1911 at the Country Branch of Children's Hospital in Wynnefield, Pa. The hospital was incorporated in Nov. 1911, and Charles A. Fife was chosed as its first president. In addition to its hospital in Wynnefield, the Babies' Hospital used the Presbyterian Hospital's convalescent home in Devon and opened several dispensaries in Philadelphia; these dispensaries provided clinics, instruction courses for expectant mothers, and a Visiting Nurse Department.
In 1915, the hospital in Wynnefield was moved to Llanerch, Pa. In 1920, the Ethel Burnham Worcester Memorial Cottage, a "seashore branch" of the hospital located in Beach Haven, N.J., opened. In Philadelphia, Babies' Hospital built a six-story Health Center Building at Seventh and Delancey Streets, which was dedicated in May 1921. In 1948, the funds and resources of Babies' Hospital of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Child Health Society were merged into the Fife-Hamill Memorial Health Center for Southeast Pennsylvania. The new organization was housed in the building formerly occupied by Babies' Hospital. When Fife-Hamill closed in 1960, the Corporation of Babies' Hospital was merged with St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
From the description of Records, 1912-1950. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122689594
