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so that the Ravenor Park Centre stands by itself in being specially
built for the purpose. The site is in the centre of the area which
has developed most and is near the old village and at the corner
of the public recreation ground, Ravenor Park, so that the surroundings
are open and pleasant.
The arrangement of the rooms is based on the experience
gained in the establishing and working of the other Centres. As
with the other Centres one floor (the ground floor here) is set aside
for Maternity and Child Welfare work and the other floor for the
Medical Inspection and Treatment of School Children.
The new building has a very pleasing, one might almost say
inviting exterior, the architecture being a modern adaptation of
the Georgian style. The walls are built of dull red Sussex bricks
with red brick facings with a red tile roof. In front there is a low
brick wall surmounted with a low artistic iron railing with double
gates at either end.
There is a main entrance door giving access to the main hall
and a side door giving access to a large waiting room. Next to the
side entrance there is a pram shelter which is built of brick in keeping
with the architecture of the main building.
On the ground floor there is the main entrance hall, a large
waiting room, 30 ft. by 20 ft., a clerk's room, a health visitor's
and weighing room combined, a doctor's room and a dressing room.
These last four rooms have inter-communicating doors and also
have separate doors entering into the main hall. On this floor
there are separate lavatories for the staff and for the mothers and
girls. On the first floor there is a waiting room, a doctor's or
treatment room, a clerk's room, a school nurse's room, a dentist's
room and a recovery room. The last three rooms are arranged
a la suite and also with separate doors to the hall. On this floor
there are also lavatories for boys and a bathroom for treating
school children.
The rooms in the building are so arranged that sessions for
mothers and babies and for school children can go on at the same
time without the one interfering with the other, there being a large