Water, gas, steam, and electric light are laid on throughout the building. 

 Down the centre of each laboratory runs a teak table 3 ft. 3 in. high, 

 having a row of drawers on each side and semi-circular sinks fitted to the 

 ends ; gas nozzles are provided on each side at suitable distances down 

 the whole length of the tables ; they are let into hollows scooped out of 

 the tables so as to be flush with the table tops. Hot and cold water taps 

 are provided at all the sinks. 



In front of the windows are tables for microscope work made of slate 

 slabs 2 ft. wide, fitted on iron brackets fixed in the wall ; between the 

 windows and at each end of these tables are small sinks. 



Fume closets are provided in all the laboratories 6 ft. long x 2 ft. 

 wide, tapering to the top, which is connected by a flue with the chimney ; 

 glass doors shding upwards open the closets to a height of 2 ft. 4 in., and 

 in each hot and cold water, gas and electric power are laid on. A sink is 

 also provided, and the floor of the closets are covered with sheet lead. 

 These fume closets are of great value in a hot climate as a place for keeping 

 the gas stoves as well as for carrying on the smaller sterilizing operations. 

 Brackets 2 ft. 6 in. long x 11 in. wide, each fitted below with two plate 

 glass shelves 6 in. wide are fixed to the walls over all the microscope tables ; 

 the brackets are used for carrying the larger bottles of disinfectants, 

 and the shelves for reagents. 



Small incubators, heated by gas, are in those laboratories where they are 

 required. Vacuum pumps as well as small centrifugal machines driven by 

 electric motors are also provided where necessary, and there are large 

 cupboards with sliding glass doors in all laboratories. 



The sterilizing rooms, which are three in number, in addition to tables 

 similar to those provided in the laboratories, have, in each, large slate 

 tables fitted against the wall, which is lined above them to a height of 18 in. 

 with glazed white tiles. These tables are for sterilizing operations and are 

 in two sections — one 2 ft. 8 in. high for smaller apparatus, and one 2 ft. 

 high for carrying the large autoclaves, which are heated by steam from 

 the central supply. Beneath the former a smaller slab is fixed to be 

 used as a shelf, and over the whole is a hood of sheet iron connected at 

 the top with the chimney to carry away the hot air. There are also two 

 large sinks with draining racks, bottle racks, and other necessary 

 accessories ; hot and cold water, gas, and electric light are provided as 

 in the laboratories as well as glass-blowing apparatus and vacuum pumps 

 in each. 



A general idea of the arrangement of the laboratory can best be 

 obtained from the plan, from which it will be seen that on entering 

 at the door on the south side and passing through a small vesti- 

 bule, the main corridor runs right and left. This corridor taking a turn 

 at each end leads to two doors at the back of the building, that on the 



