the maternity department consisting of a 
four-bed open ward and two private 
rooms while the delivery room, the baby 
room, bath and toilets complete this de- 
partment. The baby room is finished 
in light blue and white. A large airing 
balcony from this room affords out-door 
space for babies when needed. 
The third story of the building is de- 
voted to nurses and domestics until the 
Nurses’ Home, a much needed building, 
is built. 
In the basement of this building are 
located the laboratory, drug room, 
kitchen stores, men’s rooms, X-Ray 
room, work shop and ice storage. 
Basement corridors connect {to all 
buildings. The basement of the 
Pavilion is used for a plenum chamber 
for the heating. In the basement of the 
operating building is the autopsy. 
In the Pavilion is located the two large 
ten-bed wards, five private rooms and a 
children’s ward, a large diet kitchen, 
bath and toilet room, linen and medicine 
closets. The large wards are lighted 
with nine large windows on each side 
and on the end windows occupying 
nearly the entire width. Facing, as this 
building does, to the south the room is 
flooded with sunlight the greater part of 
the day. On both stories the wards 
open to the airing balconies so that the 
beds can be wheeled to the open air with 
the least effort. At night the wards are 
lighted by reflecting lights from a group 
of lights at the centre of the rooms, 
giving a soft light over the entire room 
with no direct light in the patients’ eyes. 
Besides this there are portable lights at 
each bedside. 
Perhaps the most complete building of 
the group is the Operating building. On 
this building a great deal of thought and 
time were expended to make it as nearly 
perfect as possible. Two operating 
rooms are provided, one for major oper- 
ations and one for accidents, unclean 
cases and general minor cases. 
For accident cases an admitting room 
is provided at the ambulance entrance. 
Here the patient is prepared for the 
anaesthetic before being taken to the 
anaesthetic room. From this room a 
large door communicates directly with 
the main operating room. 
This operating room is provided with 
a large skylight and north light window. 
All the windows are double glazed to 
prevent the radiating of cold and adjust- 
able shades are provided for the skylights, 
between the two glazings. A west win- 
dow is provided in case light from that 
direction is needed or this light can be 
cut off by shutters. For artificial light a 
system is used which is uncommon in 
American hospitals. “The lights are on 
an adjustable crane which, when not in 
use, is swung back against the wall, thus 
avoiding the possibility of dust from a 
fixed fixture over the centre of the table. 
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NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
The floor of this room is white vitreous 
tile with 'sanitary base. The only 
plumbing fixture in this room is a_vit- 
reous porcelain sink with elbow and knee 
controlled valves. 
The surgeons’ room adjoins the main 
operating room and contains the sur- 
geons’ lockers, bowls with knee action 
valves, and shower bath. 
While the hospital is most complete 
in every detail and fitting, there is still 
need for another building which limita- 
tion of funds made it necessary to leave 
out and that is the Nurses’ Home. Ac- 
commodation for the domestics and a 
few nurses can be had inthe third story 
Norres’ Home 
Beverl Hos pitel 
Edward F Stevens, Archf. 
of the Administration Building but more 
room is needed. ‘The nurses should 
have a building separated from the main 
group where they could be free from the 
atmosphere of the hospital and have 
more freedom. The health and recov- 
ery ofa patient depends very largely on 
the nurse and unless she can have her 
rest and relaxation when off duty she 
cannot do her best when caring for her 
patients. 
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would build and equip such a Nurses’ 
Home and it is earnestly hoped that this 
building may be made possible before the 
season is over. 
