What is Children's hospital?
A '''children's hospital''' is a type of [[hospital]]. It is generally for people under the age of 18. Some children's hospitals also do [[maternity]] and [[childbirth]]. Before the 19th century there were no children's hospitals as we now know them. Sick children were looked after by their mothers. There were [[Orphanage|orphanages]], and foundling hospitals for children with no mothers. The Foundling Hospital, set up in [[London]] in 1739, is one of the most well known.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Coram story {{!}} Coram|url=https://www.coram.org.uk/www.coram.org.uk/difference-we-make|access-date=2023-03-22|website=www.coram.org.uk|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Dispensaries, funded by [[Donation|donations]] were opened to provide medicine and medical attention to families who could not afford private care. Children's hospitals were started in the 19th century. They were mostly quite small. They did not usually care for babies. They were mostly funded by [[Donation|donations]]. In the 20th century doctors and nurses began to specialize in the care of children. The death rate of children improved. The [[Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital|Hôpital des Enfants Malades]] was the first in [[Europe]], started in 1801.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Ballbriga |first1= Angel |editor1-first= Burford L. |display-editors=et al. |editor1-last=Nichols |title= History of Paediatrics 1850–1950 |series= Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series |volume= 22 | date= 1991 |publisher= Raven Press |location= New York, NY |isbn= 0-88167-695-0 |pages= 6–8 |chapter= 'One century of pediatrics in Europe (section: development of pediatric hospitals in Europe)' }}</ref> [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] was the first in Britain, started in 1852.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our history|url=https://www.gosh.org/about-us/our-history/|access-date=2023-03-22|website=GOSH Charity|language=en-GB}}</ref> Until the 1970s most children's hospitals restricted adult visitors.<ref>{{Cite book|title=N