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No. 63, for obvious reasons, was kept detached, and
communication was only effected through the backyards of
Nos. 61 and 63.
The Hospital, as finally established, consisted therefore
of five houses, four of which were by simple structural
alterations converted into one, and the fifth was used for
the purpose of isolating cases of measles.
The five houses are on the south side of the Marylebone
Road; they have long forecourts, standing back about 50
feet, and in the rear, parallel to the houses, is Great York
Mews; from the back of the houses to Great York Mews is
a space 92 feet deep, the five houses themselves occupy
a space of 15,300 square feet, and the area of ground, back
and front, is no less than 9.000 square feet, in all 24,300
square feet; on both sides, east and west, the premises
joined houses that were empty.
The houses are three stories high, and have attics in
the roof, making practically a fourth story. No. 55 also
has an extra story containing a couple of attics.
A careful plan has been drawn out by Mr. Kilgallin,
and deposited in the office, from which it may be seen how
the accommodation was utilised and the way in which the
four houses were converted into one.

All these wards were well ventilated: the numerous
doors of communication, and the facilities afforded by opening
windows front and back, always kept them sweet and
wholesome.
The weather was most of the time also most favourable
for allowing plenty of air into the rooms,