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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 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 burned 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.
The Medical and Nursing Staff consist of Medical Superintendent
(non-resident), Matron (nursing), two Staff Nurses,
and one Probationer N urse ; and the Domestic Staff of Cook,
Wardmaid, Laundrymaid, Housemaid, and Entrance Lodge
Porter and his wife.
The Medical Superintendent's residence is connected with
the Hospital by telephone.
The Porter's duties consist of looking after the Entrance
Lodge, checking all entries and exits, and working the steam
disinfector, etc. His spare time is spent in the gardens.