Cbaritabk Tnstituiions of Winnipeg 



At a meeting of tlie Historical Society, held in the Citj 

 Council Chamber, on tlie evening of Tuesday, February 21st,, 

 the following paper was read by Mrs. Bryce, wife of Rev. Dr. 

 Eryce, of this city : — 



In giving a history of the charitable institutions of Win- 

 nipeg, we naturally begin with the oldest and most important, 

 yIz. : the Winnipeg General Hospital. 



Any one examining the pubhc edifices of our city is sure 

 to have liis attention drawn to a gTOup of buildings belonging 

 to the hospital, occupying a block between McDermot and 

 Bannatyne Avenues, and West of Nena. A closer examina- 

 tion of these buildings and their uses will show that the Win- 

 nipeg General Hospital, like the City of Rome, was not built 

 in a day. Building after building has been added, according 

 to the requirements of our city and Province, and we are 

 pleased to think that we have such a memorial of the advance- 

 ment of medical science in our midst. 



The oldest of the group of buildings was opened to re- 

 ceive patients in 188-1: but earlier records show that the hos- 

 pital had a history of twelve years' duration previous to that 

 date. 



The Winnipeg General Hospital was organized December 

 13th, 1872, and its Act of Incorporation was passed May 

 14th, 1875. The board of management applying for the 

 Act were George Young, Gilbert McMicken,W. IST. Kennedy, 

 Rev. W. C. Clark, Thos. Lusted, G. B. Spencer, George 

 Bryce, A. G. B. Bannatyne, J. H. Ashdo\vn, Stewart Mul- 

 vey, A. G. Jackes, J. H. O'Donnell, Job. Royal, J. H. Mc- 

 Tavish, and W. G. Fonseca. 



Drs. O'Donnell, Jackes and Lynch were the medical men 

 chiefly associated with the hospital in the earlier period of its 

 history. 



