From 1903-1916, this Dispensary treated anyone who needed health care, especially those from immigrant communities. The focus was on prevention, hygiene, diet, and therapy while also dealing with crises such as tuberculosis, the flu epidemic, and the molasses flood of 1919. The efforts to provide health care continued for many decades in several West End locations and later in Roxbury, culminating in the creation of Beth Israel Hospital in its current Brookline location. During her tenure as chief fundraiser and President of the Ladies Auxiliary at Mt. Sinai Dispensary from 1903-1916, Charlotte Feibelman (1868-1938) oversaw and organized the fundraising efforts of over 350 Jewish women in support of one of the first clinics in Boston that treated immigrant patients, regardless of their ethnicity. After the founding of Beth Israel Hospital, Feibelman and the Ladies Auxiliary also created and oversaw a library, flower service, motor corps and a sewing service to benefit the patients.
