Care and education of crippled children in the United States . Roof GardenChildrens Hospital, Portland, Maine. (See page 142). CHAPTER VI DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INSTITUTIONS A. HOSPITALS*ILLINOIS Home for Destitute Crippled Children, 1653 Park Avenue, Chicago Incorporated: 1892. Superintendent: Miss M. O. Stewart. Orthopedic surgeon: John Lincoln Porter, Class: Hospital. Average number of children: 87. Capacity: 112. Plant: Brick buildings, not all fireproof. Iron fire-escapes with verywide platforms at window levels; children carried to windows dur-ing frequent fire drills. Admission: T
Care and education of crippled children in the United States . Roof GardenChildrens Hospital, Portland, Maine. (See page 142). CHAPTER VI DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INSTITUTIONS A. HOSPITALS*ILLINOIS Home for Destitute Crippled Children, 1653 Park Avenue, Chicago Incorporated: 1892. Superintendent: Miss M. O. Stewart. Orthopedic surgeon: John Lincoln Porter, Class: Hospital. Average number of children: 87. Capacity: 112. Plant: Brick buildings, not all fireproof. Iron fire-escapes with verywide platforms at window levels; children carried to windows dur-ing frequent fire drills. Admission: Two and a half to eleven years; chiefly residents ofIllinois. No feeble-minded or epileptic; no tuberculosis of thelungs. Discharge: At twelve years, or after dispensary care can be safelysubstituted. Facilities for care of children: Affiliation with Rush IVIedical resident in the Home. Four graduate nurses, oneof whom is head night nurse; nurses in training come from Presby-terian Hospital for periods of service here in order to secure trainingin orthopedic nursing. Full hospital equipment; operati
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