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to 40 feet under the re-planning scheme for this area. Spa Playing
Fields form the North-eastern boundary, so that the new centre
is well placed for light and air. The entrance, facing South-west,
is from Pine Street. An entrance corridor 22 feet by 6 feet leads
into a large Waiting Hall 40 feet long by 20 feet wide with accommodation
for 80 seats. It is lighted by French windows on the
South-east side, and by high Clerestory windows along the whole
length of the North-west and South-east walls. The French
windows open on to a covered verandah where perambulators may
be left under the eye of those in the Hall.
The Maternity Superintendent lias a room 14 feet 6 inches by
12 feet immediately on the left-hand side of the entrance corridor
at the Western corner of the building. Here she can keep an eye
on all who come in and out; and she has a large lock-up Store
Cupboard opening out of her room.
For Mothers who have to leave their babies while being examined,
there is a large Nursery 20 feet by 14 ft. 6 ins. at the
Southern angle of the building, with three windows facing Southeast
and two facing South-west, so that the children get all the
sunshine possible. This room, like the Corridor and Hall, has a
white tiled dado, which can easily be cleaned down. Off the
Nursery is a small sink-room and W.C. for infants.
Along the North-west side of the Hall are a series of consulting
Rooms —a Receiving Room 12 feet by 12 feet with a Clothes fumigating
cupboard, and a bathroom opening out; from this room a
door leads to the Weighing Room 13 feet by 12 feet, which again
communicates with a Consulting Room 15 feet by 12 feet. All
these rooms are top-lighted in addition to windows, so that however
much the site is built in on the North, these rooms will always
be well lighted.
There is a small Laboratory 12 ft. 4 ins. by 9 ft. 9 ins.
opening off the Consulting Room, for research work. A wicket
window in the Consulting Room allows the doctor to pass prescriptions
into a small Dispensary at the North-east end of the