. Essex county, , illustrated . KEV. WM. H, HAINEK, the best thinking and more chari-tably disposed among our citizensdecided it not unwise that anotherhospital where the sick and injuredmight obtain relief should beestablished. Fortunately the countyasylum buildings which had beenerected on city property were vacantand apparently waiting lor justsuch a blessed purpose and inno-vation. So. as the peoples repre-sentatives in the Common Councilwere ripe for the movement, the diewas soon cast and the City (see page 138.) This beneficent institution wasi)|)ened
. Essex county, , illustrated . KEV. WM. H, HAINEK, the best thinking and more chari-tably disposed among our citizensdecided it not unwise that anotherhospital where the sick and injuredmight obtain relief should beestablished. Fortunately the countyasylum buildings which had beenerected on city property were vacantand apparently waiting lor justsuch a blessed purpose and inno-vation. So. as the peoples repre-sentatives in the Common Councilwere ripe for the movement, the diewas soon cast and the City (see page 138.) This beneficent institution wasi)|)ened for patients in 1882, andincorporated in 1883. Since thattime its doors have been wide opento the indigent sick of all nationali-lics. The hospital is managed bythe Board of Health, who meet oncea month. From the Board of. KEV. JOSEPH ESSEX COUNTY, N. /., ILLUSTRATED. 71 / t- jesLrjl^ Directors a visiting committee of three mem-bers is selected to look after the executivework during the intervals. One of the noblest charitable institutionsin Essex County, is the Eye and Ear Infirm-ar\, located at No. 60 Stirling Street. Aview of the building is shown in the combi-nation on page 72. The hospital wasfounded in February. 1880, for the gratuitoustreatment of the poor. The Hospital for Women and Children issituated on South Orange Avenue, in closeproximity to the Home of the Friendless,(see page 141.) St. Marys Orphan Asylum was foundedin 1S57, on Central Avenue, then XesbitStreet, next to St. Patricks Cathedral, by themost Rev. Bishop Bayley. In 1861 theorphan girls were removed to the housecorner Washington and Bleecker Streets,where they remained until the orphanagewas complete at South Orange, in then several buildings have been added. In 1876 a fourstory building was erected as an ind
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