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But the air and floor space allowed was so ample that I find I
can put up several extra beds and 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 0n each side of the wards, and provided
Avith 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.
The nurses' duty room is fixed with a kitchen stove with hot
water apparatus, a sink, small larder, a large cupboard, kitchen
dresser, medicine cupboard, and a telephone communicating with
the administration block.
The Isolation Block is used for Diphtheria and Typhoid
Fever, and consists of two wards, or half a block; the other half
to be completed when more accommodation is required. Each
ward is 24ft. by i8ft. and 13ft. in height, and accommodates three
beds and a cot in each ward. A duty room similar to that of the
ward block is provided between the wards. The sanitary accommodation
is outside and separate from the block, but is under a
verandah which runs along one side of the block. The doors of
the wards and duty rooms open on to verandah only. These
Avards are heated by open regenerating grates, and lighted and
ventilated by windows similar to those of the ward block.
All angles of walls, floors, ceilings, and woodwork in both
blocks are constructed with rounded surfaces.
The Administrative Block contains dispensary, Matron and
Nurses' sitting room, store room, kitchen, scullery, coal store, and
bedrooms for nine persons—the nursing staff and servants. The
building is so designed that it can readily be enlarged to accommodate
an increased staff.