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hospital was moved in September, 1884, to a large kouse for- 

 merly occupied by Sheriff Armstrong, at the foot of May 

 Street, Point Douglas, and in 1886 it was again moved to the 

 adjoining roomy house, the former residence of the late Major 

 Morice. 



These frequent changes of residence shewed that the 

 board were never altogether satisfied with the hospital quar- 

 ters, and indeed, they were always painfully aware that their 

 accommodation came far short of the requirements of modem 

 science. Although among nearly 200 adult inmates they 

 were so fortunate as never to lose a single case by death, yet 

 two slight outbreaks of fever warned them of the risk to life 

 they were running. They felt the necessity of erecting a 

 proper building, but the medical men began to see in the state 

 of advancement of our city, and in the interests of the Medi- 

 cal College it was time for the Maternity Hospital to be plac- 

 ed under the sheltering wing of the General Hospital. The 

 union quite agreed with| them, and towards the end of 1887, 

 after the second fever outbreak, the Maternity Hospital was 

 closed and this chapter of the history of the Christian "Wo- 

 men's Union came to an end. 



Previous to this, on the 1st January, 1885, in a small 

 building adjacent to the Maternity Hospital, the Children's 

 Home was opened by the Christian Women's Union. It was 

 primarily for the benefit of the little ones bom in the hospital 

 that the home was intended, but otlier needy children were 

 admitted. The family soon outgrew the narrow limits of the 

 premises, and ui April of that same year the home was moved 

 to a more commodious house on Assirdboine Avenue, foot of 

 Hargrave Street. In September, 1896, it was again trans- 

 ferred to a larger building on Portage Avenue. 



When the Children's Home was removed to a distance 

 from the Maternity Hospital a separate committee was ap- 

 pointed from the members of the C. W. U. for its manage- 



