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Work benches extend across the width of the rooms and for a short distance 
to one side in the form of an L, being supported on steel T-bars set in the outer 
wall in cement. The tops are covered with green linoleum glued down to the 
thick deal boards beneath and all are edged with teak having rounded edges. 
The teak border on the free side nearest the worker is slightly broader than 
the thickness of the bench, the bottom margin thus affording a drip-edge in 
case fluids are spilled on the bench. The short arm of the L-shaped bench 
serves for the reception of an incubator, embedding bath, or the like. The 
benches are provided with electric light plugs and gas fittings conveniently 
placed so as to be as much as possible out of the way. 
The sinks are white glazed earthenware throughout. Measured on the 
inside, those in the research rooms are 1' 9" x 1' 4" by 6 " in depth 1 ; those 
in the sterilizing room ( 9 " deep) and photographic room ( 6 " deep) measure 
2' 4 " x i' 5 "• that in the aquarium room 3' 4" x 1/ 9" by 5" in depth.. Tap- 
nozzles are usually placed 14" above the bottoms of sinks. As shown in the 
plans, the research room sinks and similar sinks elsewhere are each provided 
with a teak draining board and adjacent stone shelf, each measuring 2 ' x 1 ' 6 ". 
The sinks empty into 3" glazed drains, whose large callibre precludes stoppages 
if larger objects escape into the drains from the sinks. A considerable economy 
was effected by placing sinks on opposite sides of a wall so that they empty into 
a common downfall drain, such paired sinks and their accompanying draining 
boards and stone shelves being supported by but one set of T-steel rods 
which transfix the wall. 
Metal fittings. There is little to note regarding these, but it may be men¬ 
tioned that gun-metal has been used in place of brass wherever possible so 
as to save unnecessary labour in cleaning. Most of the door handles are of the 
“push, pull and turn” pattern and therefore specially to be commended for 
laboratory purposes. 
Some measurements relating to the building. 
The following measurements are noted since some of them may be of use as a guide 
to others who contemplate constructing laboratories: Externally the building measures 
92' x 44' and 35' in height to the top of the stone coping. The corridors are 6' wide. The 
four research rooms on the ground floor and the corresponding rooms above measure 14' 
in depth, the length of the middle pair being 15' 6", that of the other two being 15' 10". 
The photographic room (designed for a Zeiss optical bench) and the adjacent dark room are 
16' deep and have a width of 4' 9" and 5' 6" respectively, being separated by a light partition 
wall of hollow bricks. The corresponding small research room at the N.W. corner of the 
floor above measures 10' 6" in width. On the ground and first floors, south side, the rooms 
are 14' deep except for the tea room which has a depth of 16'; the widths of these rooms being 
as follows: On the ground floor: Sterilizing and Laboratory Assistants' room 15' 10" and 15' 6" 
respectively, Incubator room 6' 6", Waiting room 7' 7", Office 12' 3"; on the first floor: 
Chemical room 15' 10", Laboratory Assistants' room 11'9", Isibrary 26' 10", Tea room 15' 9". 
On the second floor, the Research museum measures 65' x 36', and both the preparation and 
store rooms measure 10'6" x 16'. The size of the basements is indicated on p. 117. The 
1 The signs ' and " denote feet and inches respectively. 
