Babies' Hospital, St Peters (1915 - 1917)

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The Babies' Hospital at St Peters was established in 1915 by the Babies' Hospital Association to care for sick infants under two years of age. Previously the sick infants were cared for at the private hospital known as Quambi Nursing Home in North Adelaide. When overcrowding became a problem at Quambi the Association leased a large property in Winchester Street, St Peters, which was formerly a Presbyterian Ladies' College. The Babies' Hospital Association had the building refitted to be a hospital for babies.

The Babies' Hospital, St Peters, was officially opened by Lady Galway on 20 January 1915. It operated for approximately two and a half years with some of the doctors on the Association providing their services to the Hospital for free.

In 1917 the Babies Hospital came under the control of the Inspector General of Hospitals. The Babies' Hospital Association continued to act in an advisory role. In August of 1917 new premises were secured and the Hospital moved to Belmore Terrace in Woodville. It then became known as the Mareeba Babies' Hospital.