Peel Memorial Hospital, part one

When The Great War (now known as World War One) ended in 1915, the Peel County Women's Institute began fundraising for a hospital in Brampton. By 1921, some 99 years after the first settlers moved to the area, the organization had raised $2600. After the Veterans Association leant its support, the Institute and Red Cross purchased the William Elliott estate. Further grants and donations later, the hospital opened in February 1925 with 12 beds. The hospital served 156 within its first year, and immediately faced overcrowding. Expansion would continue in 1932, two years after a donation funded construction of a nurse’s residence.