▁its ▁beginning , ▁this ▁famous ▁hospital ▁accepted ▁patients ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁fifteen ▁years , ▁and ▁it ▁continues ▁to ▁this ▁day ▁as ▁the ▁ped iat ric ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Ne cker - En f ants ▁Mal ades ▁Hospital , ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁by ▁mer ging ▁with ▁the ▁phys ically ▁cont igu ous ▁Ne cker ▁Hospital , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁other ▁European ▁countries , ▁the ▁Char ité ▁( a ▁hospital ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 0 ) ▁in ▁Berlin ▁established ▁a ▁separate ▁Ped iat ric ▁Pav il ion ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁followed ▁by ▁similar ▁institutions ▁at ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 4 , ▁and ▁at ▁Vienna ▁and ▁Bres lau ▁( now ▁W roc ław ), ▁both ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 7 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 2 ▁Britain ' s ▁first ▁ped iat ric ▁hospital , ▁the ▁Hospital ▁for ▁S ick ▁Children , ▁Great ▁Or mond ▁Street ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Charles ▁West . ▁The ▁first ▁Children ' s ▁hospital ▁in ▁Scotland ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁in ▁Edinburgh . ▁In ▁the ▁US , ▁the ▁first ▁similar ▁institutions ▁were ▁the ▁Children ' s ▁Hospital ▁of ▁Philadelphia , ▁which ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 5 , ▁and ▁then ▁Boston ▁Children ' s ▁Hospital ▁( 1 8 6 9 ). ▁Sub special ties ▁in ▁ped iat rics ▁were ▁created ▁at ▁the ▁Har ri et ▁Lane ▁Home ▁at ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁by ▁Edwards