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is one of the oldest institutions in The Bronx. It originated in 

 1866 in a small rented house in West Farms, the Old Jacob Lo- 

 rillard mansion ; but it rapidly outgrew its limited accommodations. 

 Thru the generosity of the late Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, the 

 spacious grounds upon which the institution now stands were 

 deeded to the Home in 1873. During the forty-six years of its 

 existence 3,261 patients of both sexes suffering from "incurable" 

 diseases, not contagious nor infectious, have found a home there. 

 Of this number two per cent have left the institution cured, while 

 1,019 were discharged for various reasons. There are at present 

 about 286 invalids in the Home. 



At its new quarters No. 459 East One Hundred Forty-first 

 Street, the Bronx Eye and Ear Infirmary has been doing excellent 

 work for the last nine years. Persons suffering from diseases of 

 the eye, ear, nose or throat who are unable to pay for professional 

 services are accorded free treatment at the infirmary. They have 

 now also opened a dental clinic. 



A new Bronx Hospital is to be erected in the neighborhood of 

 Kingsbridge Road and Sedgwick Avenue. It -will be on the style 

 of Fordham Hospital, with excellent ambulance service, and is to 

 be directly connected with Bellevue and the allied hospitals. 



In addition to the hospitals already mentioned, there are many 

 church and private societies who supply medicine and medical as- 

 sistance to the poor and needy. 



Among the benevolent and charitable institutions, the New 

 York Catholic Protectory, situated on Walker Avenue and the 

 Unionport Road in Westchester, ranks as the largest. It was 

 founded in 1863, and since its doors opened it has sheltered and 

 educated approximately 50,000 wayward and destitute juveniles. 

 Like all truly great religious and benevolent enterprises, its be- 

 ginning was small, but the field was so large and worthy that many 

 prominent men were influenced to aid Archbishop Hughes and the 

 Brothers of the Christian Schools in this great charity work. The 

 present site at Westchester, covering an area of 114 acres, was 

 purchased June 9th, 1865, and cost $40,000. 



There are three classes admitted to this institution — those 

 under fourteen years of age, who, with the written consent of 

 their parents or guardians, may be intrusted to it for protection or 

 reformation; those between seven and sixteen years of age com- 

 mitted as idle, truant, vicious or homeless by order of a magistrate ;: 



