The Willard Parker Hospital (1885-1955) for communicable diseases was located on East 16th Street along the East River in New York City. It was founded by the City of New York in 1885. It was named after Willard Parker, a prominent physician and surgeon, who at the time was a member of the Citizens' Association which called for the state legislature to establish an independent city health department. Parker later became the Vice President of the first New York City Board of Health.[1][2][3]
Willard Parker Hospital and its neighborhood on a map published in 1903
At the time of its opening, there were only two other hospitals in New York City, Bellevue Hospital and New York Hospital, now called Old New York Hospital and formerly known as Broadway Hospital. It initially opened wards for the care of patients with scarlet fever and measles. Within a year, a renovation of the building allowed the inclusion of a diphtheria ward.[4][5]
In 1913, funds were raised for a new building along the same location.[6] The hospital became a teaching resource in infectious diseases for area medical and nursing schools.
In 1928, the hospital opened its own school of nursing, a 32-month program that awarded a diploma in nursing and qualified the graduates to sit for state licensing examinations granting Registered Nurse licensure.[7]
^James Joseph Walsh. History of Medicine in New York. Three Centuries of Medical Progress. Volume 3. National Americanan Society, 1919.
^Joseph Dancis and Wade Parks. Pediatrics. Vol. 90. No 1. July 1992. pp. iv.
^New York City Health Dept. Protecting Public Health in New York City: 200 Years of Leadership 1805-2005. NYC Dept. of Health Publications. 2005.
^James Joseph Walsh. History of Medicine in New York. Three Centuries of Medical Progress. Volume 3. National Americanan Society, 1919.
^The New York Times. Old New York Hospital. February 11, 1900.
^Haven Emerson, M.D. and Aleita Hopping, Ph.D. Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Measles at Willard Parker Hospital, New York City 1919-1923. A Study Carried out at the Request of the Medical Board of the Hospital. Am J Public Health (N Y). 1925 February; 15(Suppl): 1–32. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
^Nina D. Gage, RN. The School at The Willard Parker Hospital. American Journal of Nursing. Vol.28 No.8. August 1928.
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