Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

in use as the Children's Hospital from 1879 to 1932]] The initial meeting of the founders of the hospital was held at 25 King Street, Belfast, in 1873. A board of management was set up to establish funding and run the resulting medical practice. The main focus was to provide healthcare to the impoverished in a time where government assistance was unknown. The building and general running costs had to come from the public. In deference to this, the original writing which spanned all three storeys on the front of the finished hospital would read: Erected A.D.1878 By Voluntary – Subscriptions And Donations – Belfast Hospital For Sick Children. The new hospital was designed by Thomas Jackson in…