Large Camp at Hill Farm for convalescent women and
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children open. for six months
Pur chase of property for permanent Neighborhood House,
1907
Club House and Flats for residence of nurses and settle-
ment workers and Dispensary.
"The greatest want in this district, as in all
The
other parts of the city, is the social work.
existence of the camps, the living in shacks and uncomfortable
ounger menbers
houses, drives the people--particularly the
of families--into all kinds of ill-advised anus ements.
For this reason the urgent need of a place for our neigh-
borhood wo rk was strongly felt, and at a meeting of the
managers, held on August 14th, it was decided to buy a lot
and erect a building which should contain a roem large
enough for a gymnasium for the boys, and a general
A lot excellently situated,
hall for the neighborhood.
was found on Stockton Street, between Filbert and Greenwich
and the present building was commenced about a week before
a residence for the
A house suitable for
Christmas.
nurses, with a dispensary in the basement, is now in course
of construction, "
