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from which the patient may pass directly into either consulting
room. A very neat arrangement of cubicles which can be folded
against the wall when not in use, has been devised by Mr.
Bottomley, of the Works Department, and provided in the weighing
room. This enables the room to function as a dressing room
for patients attending the ante-natal or gynaecological clinics,
while its use as a weighing room for infant clinics suffers no
diminution. Lavatory accommodation is attached to the waiting
hall, and there has also been provided a small room which may be
used for urine testing, test feeding and other similar purposes.
The consulting rooms have been sound proofed, and the waiting
hall has been provided with dark blinds so that it may be used
for lantern lectures. The floor surface is of rubber which, while
being hygienic, is yet not slippery. This whole section is completely
separated from both other sections in the ground floor
by two sets of folding doors.
The third section on the ground floor comprises a general
office, in which is performed clerical work connected with all the
the services provided in the building, a reception room and office
for the Medical Officer of Health, a consulting room for special
clinics and accommodation for the Tuberculosis Service. There
are separate sound proofed consulting-rooms for both Tuberculosis
Officers, and separate dressing rooms for male and female patients;
each dressing room opens directly into one consulting room.
Lavatory and waiting room accommodation has been provided,
and there is a nurses' room in which case histories, temperatures
and weights are recorded. There is easy access to the perambulator
shelter, and the independent entrance enables this whole
section to be quite separated, so far as patients are concerned,
from all the other clinics on the same floor.
First Floor —Solarium.
The first floor of the building is wholly devoted to physical
treatment, consisting of light treatment by means of mercury
vapour and arc lamps, radiant heat, galvanism, faradism, diathermy
and massage. This floor is so arranged that the male