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There is also in this block a store cupboard for linen, bedding,
etc., and a bath-room, arranged with a door leading outside,
enabling it to be used as a discharging room. The bath is a
portable one, and mounted on rubber wheels.
The nurses' duty room is fixed with a kitchen stove with hot
water apparatus, a sink, small larder, large cupboard, kitchen
dresser, medicine cupboard, and a telephone communicating with
the administration block.
The Isolation Block is used for Diphtheria and Typhoid
Fever, and consists of two wards, or half a block ; the other half
to be completed when more accommodation is required. Each
ward is 24ft. by 18ft. and 13ft. in height, and accommodates three
beds and a cot in each ward. A duty room similar to that of the
ward block is provided between the wards. The sanitary accommodation
is outside and separate from the block, but is under a
verandah which runs along one side of the block. The doors
of the wards and duty room open on to this verandah only.
These wards are heated by open regenerating grates, and lighted
and ventilated by windows similar to those of the ward block.
All angles of walls, floors, ceilings, and woodwork in both
blocks are constructed with rounded surfaces.
The Administrative Block contains dispensary, Matron and
Nurses' sitting room, store room, kitchen, scullery, coal store, and
bedrooms for nine persons,—the nursing staff and servants. The
building is so designed that it can readily be enlarged to accommodate
an increased staff.
The Laundry Block is supplied with a high pressure boiler,
which supplies steam for boiling all water required in the
Laundry. All steeping and washing of clothes is done in glazed
stoneware troughs. A set of clothes-horses on runners are provided
in a special chamber, heated with steam, for drying and
airing clothes and linen when outdoor drying is unavailable. The
same boiler also supplies steam for the steam disinfecting apparatus.
Adjoining the Laundry is a Mortuary.
The Entrance Lodge contains a parlour, kitchen-living-room
with enclosed sink and bath, and one bedroom with usual
accommodation, all under one roof and on the ground floor.
The sanitary arrangements of the whole premises are perfect.
Provision is made for thoroughly flushing all the foul water
drains, and special ventilating shafts have been erected. All refuse
is either burnt or disposed of on the enclosed area.