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1861 |
A small, one-room infirmary is opened to attend to the needs of the Island's medically indigent (Staten Island University Hospital information is courtesy SIUH, and can be viewed in the original at www.siuh.edu) |
One of the wards at Staten Island Hospital, early 20th c.
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1870 |
The Infirmary moves into Dr. Smith's former residence on Hannah Street. There were twelve beds, five of which soon became private pay |
Nurses and patients in front of Southampton Hospital, ca.1909 |
1898 |
The United States warships Rio Grande, Leona and Concho sail into New York harbor with wounded from the Spanish-American War. Horse-drawn ambulances from Staten Island Hospital transfer the wounded to the Castleton Avenue facility for treatment |
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1909 |
Southampton Hospital Association is founded. The new hospital opens in the "Topping House" on Meetinghouse Lane |
1916 |
Huntington Hospital opens The trustees rename the Smith Infirmary "The Staten Island Hospital" because it benefits all Staten Islanders |
1922 |
Glen Cove Community Hospital opens in June, with 5 nurses and 20 doctors on staff, and room for 19 patients
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1927 | The Jewish Mental Health Society purchases a facility in Hastings, NY, and opens the Hastings Hillside Hospital under the direction of Dr. Louis Wender, with 40 beds
North Country Community Hospital opens a new facility on Walnut Street in Glen Cove, with 110 beds |
 The North Country Community Hospital's Ambulance Corps poses before their new unit, donated by the Auxiliary 1940? |
1934 | Ex-Hillside patients form the Wender Welfare League as an alumni association for mental health patients. The League helped newly released patients find jobs, housing, and loans to get themselves back on their feet. | |
| 1864 | The infirmary is constituted as the Samuel R. Smith Infirmary, and relocated to an old building at the government quarantine station on Tompkins Avenue | 1890 |
The Infirmary moves from the small house on Hannah Street to a six-acre site on Castleton Avenue, New Brighton. By the end of its first full year of operation, 346 inpatients and approximately 600 out-patients have been treated |
1905 |
An emergency medical service at Smith Infirmary is inaugurated The Hospital Association begins in Greenport to create a hospital for the area |
Huntington Hospital's new ambulance, 1933 |
1911 |
Southside Hospital is opened to serve the southern part of Suffolk County |
1919 |
"The Commitee for Mental Hygiene among Jews" is founded by Dr. Isidore Strauss and others to address mental health issues among the Jewish community of New York City |
Dr. Isidore Strauss, Founder of Hillside Hospital |
1925 |
"The Commitee for Mental Hygiene among Jews" is renamed the "Jewish Mental Health Society" Southampton Hospital opens its School of Nursing |
1930 |
A new wing is added on the West side of Southampton Hospital, increasing capacity to 100 beds |
1939 |
The Jewish Mental Health Society purchases a piece of land in Glen Oaks, Queens to build a new facility The Jewish Mental Health Society becomes the Society of the Hillside Hospital |
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© David Taylor Archives, NS-LIJ Health System |
1869 | The Smith Infirmary is incorporated under New York State law as Staten Island's first not-for-profit voluntary hospital | 1894 | The first Training School for Nurses at Smith Infirmary opens with a class of eight women | 1907 | Eastern Long Island Hospital opens its doors in a Greenport mansion donated by the Wood sisters. Private rooms were available for $25 per week | 1912 |
Smith Infirmary purchases a motorized ambulance, manufactured by Chalmers Motors, for $2,800 |
1921 | Following a polio epidemic and two bad winters, a committee is formed to create a hospital for the Glen Cove area | Glen Cove Community Hospital is renamed North Country Community Hospital | 1933 |
Huntington Hospital expands, due largely to the efforts of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce |
