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occupation left a considerabl,e amount of room in the hospital 

 to be used for the accommodatioai of patients. The directors 

 had also a maternity hospital in course of erection in 1888, 

 which was finished in December of that year. This branch 

 of medical work had, since 1883, been under the care of a 

 society of ladies, called the Christian Women's Union. At 

 this stage it was almost necessary, for the completion of the 

 nurses' course, and that of the medical students, that it should 

 be undjer the direction of the hospital authorities. The mem- 

 bers of the Women's Christian Union were quite willing that 

 it should be so transferred. Indeed, the proposal came from 

 their side. 



An operating theatre and a disinfecting kiln Avas also ad- 

 ded to the equipment of the hospital in 1888 ; and a separ- 

 ate and roomy ward was set apart for the treatment of chil- 

 dren. The latter was fitly named the " Brydges Memorial 

 Ward for Children," in memory of Mr. Brydges. It was for 

 the purpose of formally opening this ward that Mr. Brydges 

 had gone to the hospital on the 16th February, 1889, when he 

 so suddenly died. During the same year, 1889, the hospital 

 and the board sustained another great loss in the death of 

 the president, the Hon. A. Gr. B. Bannatyne, who had been in 

 ill-health for several years. 



The enterprises of 1887, even with the help of grants, 

 left the board once more in debt, but by 1891 this was all paid 

 off and they were ready to undertake further extension. 



The next important building undertaken was an isolated 

 hospital for infectious diseases, as the general building had 

 now become too crowded to allow of wards being set apart 

 for this purpose. This building was finished and ready for 

 patients on the 26th January, 1893, and the follomng year 

 increased accommodation for nurses was added in connection 

 with it. There is but one more building to speak of, that 

 called the Victoria Jubilee Addition, at present in course of 

 erection to the West of the main building, and connected 



