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of beautiful scenery, would seem to lack nothing necessary to the
realisation of the purpose for which it has been selected —whether
regard be had to altitude (500 feet), shelter, soil, vegetation, etc.
The sick wards will run east to west, and be comprised on two
The proposal to provide for a limited number of patients of
the wealthier classes, was a happy inspiration; for admission to
such an institution is pretty sure to be an object of desire to
well-to-do sufferers, whose ample contributions will constitute a
welcome addition to the interest of the endowment fund which,
together with the cost of the site and buildings, is the gift of one man,
to whom the continual remembrance of the benefits to suffering
humanity procured by his princely generosity should "make music in
his soul at midnight."
The Gore Farm Hospitals cannot compete with the King's
Sanatorium in respect to beauty, or suitability of construction, but
with some necessary modifications and additions, of no very costly
sort —already £320,000 has been expended on site, buildings, etc. —
they would provide all that is necessary for the purpose. The site,
larger even than that at Haslemere, open and beautiful in itself, is
not Less charming in its surroundings. The two hospitals, Upper and
Lower, are distinct, each being perfectly equipped in all respect and
ready for immediate use; the one, moreover, being almost invisible
from the other. The Upper hospital, constructed mainly on two floors,
and of brickwork, under the supervision of the late Sir Douglas Galton,
and the present Chairman of the Board, is perhaps the more important
of the two. and may be thought the most suitable for patients of the
classes for whose service the King's Sanatorium is designed. The
Lower hospital,comprised of single-floor wards, would serve well for the
chargeable poor, to whom it would afford a welcome change from the
wards of London infirmaries, or the more dreary surroundings of the
Workhouse. All the wards of both hospitals are well lighted and
well ventilated. The Upper hospital furnished accommodation for
over 1,000 small-pox patients, allowing to each but little less cubic
space of air than will be given to the patients in the King's
Sanatorium. The same may be said of the Lower hospital which,
designed for the reception of some 850 small-pox patients, has not
received one, and, it is to be hoped, never will. The floor space in both
hospitals is ample. The general lie of the wards of the Upper
hospital is north and south, that of the Lower hospital north-east
and south-west.
The Upper hospital stands on a plateau —about 280 feet above
ordnance datum, the elevation of the site of the Lower hospital being
between 100 and 200 feet. In connection with both hospitals there
is abundant space for open-air shelters, gardens, graded walks, etc.