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A DISTRICT HOSPITAL : ITS CONSTRUCTION AND COST. 117 



feet. The corners of the lavatories in the hospital block are 

 cut off to make an easy turning for the stretcher-bearers ; and the 

 whole floor of both blocks should, for this and for another reason 

 to be mentioned in its place, be on one level. This general room 

 has two doors of exit ; one by which the verandah is reached, and 

 therefrom the wards, and another which leads to a special 

 operation ward. When the latter is in use this door should be 

 locked ; access being then had to it from the central passage. 

 Adjoining it is a room large enough to lodge two nurses ; and then 

 comes the central passage alluded to, four feet wide, leading on 

 one side to the verandah opposite the middle of the ward-block ; 

 on the other to the ground at the back of the administrative block. 

 On the other side of this passage, and opening from it are a room 

 for one nurse or a servant, and a large store room ; where, anion 

 other things, spare bedding may be kept. Next is the kitchen 

 wherein a recess is provided by cutting off a part of the store last 

 mentioned, for the dresser ; and this fitting should be regarded 

 also as a part of the building A part of the verandah is enclosed 

 at the end for a pantry. A close cooking range should be provided 

 and it should have a hot water cistern attached, a tap from which 

 should be led to the adjoining scullery. This is a somewhat larger 

 apartment than might be expected ; but it will have to serve for 

 an ironing room, for example, and for some other purposes. It 

 should be fitted with a wash-up sink, and a plate-rack over, and a 

 convenient table or bench adjoining. In the floor under the 

 sink should be a gully ; and under the sink and bench should 

 stand a bath on wheels, having a waste by which it may be 

 emptied over the gully last mentioned. The hot-water tap 

 spoken of above should be set at such a height and in such a 

 position that the bath may be wheeled under it for filling. It 

 may thence be passed to the ward in which it is required ; and 

 convenience in wheeling the bath is another reason for making 

 all the floors on the same level. This scullery is in communication 

 by a door with the kitchen ; but it has another door at the back 

 which issues under a covered way which runs along the laundry- 

 shed. This should have a concrete floor witli a suitably placed 

 gully connected with the general drainage system ; and it should 

 be fitted with a copper and furnace, and with three washing troughs. 

 These also should be considered part of the building. At the back 

 of this shed again is the staff closet. In all of these rooms suitable 

 battens for hanging purposes should be fixed in the course of 

 building ; especially the kitchen and scullery should have an ample 

 supply, for hanging up utensils. Around the entrance room, and 

 around the wwds should be fixed a picture rail at a suitable 

 distance below the ceiling ; for some decoration is desirable, and it 

 must not be forgotten that nails cannot be knocked into these walls. 



