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A central corridor leads directly to the Recreation Hall, and
has a large supper room at one end which is used as a gymnasium
for patients and staff, as well as during other times for recreation.
The Hall has a properly equipped stage with dressing rooms and
modern cinema projector with sound reproduction.
In the kitchen and stores an endeavour has been made to
depart from stereotyped lines, and initiate a system of stores,
preparation room, cooking units, and service bays which will all
lead naturally to the despatch of the food trolleys. A wellequipped
bakery is placed adjacent to the kitchen. The power
house is situated to the north of the administrative unit, the
laundry to the east of the stores.
Occupational therapy workshops for male and female patients
are constructed to facilitate observation and the teaching by
trained instructors of numerous handicrafts; also metal work,
carpentry, etc.
The admission hospital is sunny and airy, with ample verandahs
and solaria so as to give every facility for open-air treatment.
In the central portion of this unit are situated the X-Ray
department, the U.V. Ray department and social worker's
office, also pathological and bio-chemical research laboratories.
Facing south in the centre of the unit is a large common room for
both sexes, used also for recreation and occupational therapy. In
the east and west wings are the male and female wards respectively,
examination rooms, and a well-equipped hydrotherapy and
plombiere department, with laboratories for experimental
psychology and chemical pathology which permit of the thorough
investigation of new cases.
Nerve units designed to receive voluntary patients suffering
from milder forms of nervous disorders are in the form of
detached villas pleasantly situated away from other units. Private
bedrooms and small homelike sitting rooms with French windows
engender a feeling of personal comfort and security which cannot
be attained in a large ward of mixed patients. This experiment
in the treatment of such cases has proved an unqualified
success.
The Harper unit, or sick hospital, is designed for medical and
surgical treatment. At the extremity of each wing, separate