[3] During a time of polio cases, which included eleven deaths in Brooklyn, a "special pavilion" was built at the hospital.
It was used to take in cases where infected children were identified by the health commissioner.
[4][5] A mother claimed that it took going to court to "free" her child from the hospital after "alleging neglect.
"[6] Twenty-two years later the removal of Kingston's Medical Superintendent became a public matter.
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