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Cubicles that Ensure Privacy.
On the long side of the waiting room opposite the entrance
from the pram shelter, can be seen in the plan, a suite of three
cubicles with two doors to each leading on one side from the
waiting room and on the other side in to the consulting room
of the doctor. One cubicle is larger than the other two, can
be darkened and it fitted with additional electric light points
for the attachment of instruments used in optical examinations.
The doors are fitted with "engaged" and "vacant
telltales, and not only do the cubicles afford full privacy for the
undressing and dressing necessary with ante-natal patients, but
the way in which they have been placed to insulate the waiting
room from the consulting room ensures that conversations cannot
be overheard in the waiting room.
In addition to the cubicles there is a communication passage
into the consulting room from the waiting room, this having,
also for the sake of privacy, two baize-covered doors. In the
cubicles, mirrors, small shelves, pegs, revolving stools and lights
are provided.
Good Vantage Point.
On this side of the waiting room also is placed the servery
and record office. It has openings either by hatchway, sashwindow
or door into the waiting room, the vestibule and the
recovery room respectively.
In the servery a sink, gas point for gas urn, shelves for
foods and crockery, and cabinets for card indices are provided.
Here, too, is the main telephone with extensions in to the
school and in to the caretaker's flat above.
Uses of Consulting Room.
The Consulting Room has to serve a variety of purposes—
for ante-natal examinations and consultations, for maternity and
child welfare purposes, for school medical inspections, and minor
ailment treatment, and for other such purposes. It is so designed
that it has glass almost completely on two adjoining
sides, the lower panes being glazed with prismatic obscure glass
which does not reduce the light,