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The Hospital was opened in January, 1902, and consists
(l) an administration block for the Staff; (2) a ward block;
(3) an isolation block; (4) a laundry block with steam
disinfecting apparatus and mortuary attached; and (5) an
entrance lodge.

The ward block is used entirely for Scarlet Fever cases,
and consists of two wards, one 36ft. by 26ft. and 13ft. in
height, for women and children, and the other 26ft. by 24ft.
and 13ft. in height, for men, with a nurse's duty room
between them, arranged so that the nurse-in-charge can look
through a small fixed window into each ward. The male
ward was designed to accommodate four beds and one cot,
and the female ward six beds and one cot. But the air and
floor space allowed was so ample that I find I can put up two
extra beds or cots in each ward and still maintain sufficient
air space. Lavatory and W.C. accommodation are provided at
the ends of each ward, accessible from the ward only, but
provided with a cross ventilation lobby.
The wards are lighted and ventilated by large windows
reaching to the ceiling on each side of the wards, and
provided with fanlights which open inwards. Thorough cross
ventilation is thus obtained. The wards are heated by
special stoves in the centre of each, having downward flues
carried under the floors to external chimney shafts attached
to the building.
The floors are of two kinds, that of one ward consisting
of Terazzo, and the other of pitch-pine blocks. The walls
are distempered with Duresco, with a dado of oil paint.
There is also in this block a store cupboard for linen,
bedding, etc., and a bath-room, arranged with a door leading
outside, enabling it to be used as a discharging room. The
bath is a portable one, and mounted on rubber wheels.