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The first adult day care centers opened in England during the 1940s and 1950s. Established by psychiatric hospitals, these centers were designed to reduce the frequency of hospital admissions. The first adult day care centers in the United States appeared during the early 1970s.
The concept of community health centers in the United States, according to historian John Duffy, can be traced to infant milk stations in New York City in 1901. In November, 1914, the first district health center in New York was established by the city at 206 Madison Avenue, serving 35,000 residents of Manhattan's lower east side.