Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.

First Women's College Hospital

Photos by Alan L Brown - September 2006

Here at 275 Shuter Street attached to the wall at the Moss Park Apartments is this 1985 Toronto Historical Board plaque which tells us that:

In 1911 the Women's College Hospital & Dispensary opened in a six-room house near here at 18 Seaton Street. At a time when most hospitals excluded women doctors from their staffs, it provided a place to practice for graduates from the Ontario Medical College for Women on Sumach Street. It had a seven bed capacity with only one private room costing 15 dollars per week. In its first year of operation 114 patients were admitted and over 2,000 treated in the dispensary. In 1915 the hospital moved to larger quarters at 125 Rusholme Road. The house was demolished in 1960 during the building of the Moss Park Apartments.

Related Toronto plaque pages
Ontario Medical College for Women
Dr. Emily Stowe

Plaque Location Co-ordinates: 43.656121 -79.367391

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