There are two large and well-equipped general hospitals at TACOMA,
St. Joseph’s Hospital, and the Fannie C. Paddock Memorial Hospital,
also a large new Pierce County Hospital. A $100,000 hospital for the
employes of the Northern Pacific railway is now building. At Steilacoom
is the Western Washington State Hospital for the Insane. There are
three children’s homes for orphans or friendless children, and numerous
benevolent and charitable institutions.