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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-livingroom,
with enclosed sick 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.
The water supply passes through a meter on a bye-pass
into a 4-in. main with 3-in. branches, and is provided with a
4-in. sluice valve which would be open to supply the three
hydrants in case of fire.