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functions in place of a lift whilst not cramping the floor space when out 
of use. 
The ground floor , on the south side, contains cloak rooms and lavatories 
for both sexes, an office, a small waiting room for visitors, an incubator room, 
a laboratory assistants’ room, a washing-up and sterilizing room. A photo¬ 
micrographic room and four research rooms occupy the north side. The photo¬ 
graphic room and adjoining dark room are each supplied with a radiator so 
that they are comfortably warm in winter and always free from damp. Through 
vents leading respectively from the ceiling of the dark room to the roof and 
from the photographic room to the hall these rooms are satisfactorily ventilated 
THE MOLTENO INSTITUTE FOR 
RESEARCH IN PARASITOLOGY 
Fig. 5. The commemorative tablet in the vestibule of the Institute. The tablet being of bronze 
and made to fit the stone setting with its incised and gilded inscription above. Designed by 
Mr Harry Redfern, F.R.I.B.A., the architect. The figure has been prepared from a retouched 
photograph. 
whilst trapped against light, the air entering from the outside, as elsewhere, 
near the radiators. 
The first floor, on the south side, contains a tea and rest room, a library, 
a lavatory, a laboratory assistants’ room and chemical room. Four research 
rooms and an aquarium room occupy the north side. 
The tea and rest room is regarded by the writer as a most useful feature in 
an institution of this kind. It serves several purposes: (a) as a gathering place 
for sociable intercourse among the workers at the Institute during the short 
interval when tea is provided, (b) as a place where those who may bring a meal 
with them can retire when they desire, (c) as a room where workers may rest 
or spend the night should this be necessary in connection with their researches. 
The room, in its arrangement and furniture, has nothing reminiscent of a 
