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The sterilizing equipment (excepting the crockery sterilizer) is
similar in type to that installed in the Surgical Block. An "Ideal"
K.B.B. shadowless lamp is installed in the Labour Room.
The wards are heated by radiators, with fireplaces in the larger
wards, and each is fitted with a surgeon's basin with hot and cold
water. The flooring has been laid in oak blocks. All the doors
are flush and contain observation panels.
The corridor flooring is in 12in. Terrazzo tiles and the walls
are painted.
(d) Old Ward Block.—The room in this building previously used
as an Ante-Natal Clinic has been converted into a two-bedded
ward, and a small extension added on the north-east corner has
enabled this to be adapted as a Reception Ward with waiting room,
bathroom and lavatory. A Babies' Room has also been introduced.
(e) Boiler House and Water Tower and Centralized Heating
System.—The boiler house is erected on the north-west boundary
of the site. The tower is a steel-framed structure faced up and
panelled in brickwork. The engineering services have been carried
out under the supervision of Mr. J. Roger Preston, M.I.Mech.E.
The whole of the heating, hot water and steam services for
the Home are served from this Central Station.
There are two steam boilers (with provision for a third when
required), each with a duty of about 2,500 lbs. of steam per hour,
one acting as a standby. Steam is taken from the boilers to serve
the heating and hot water supply units on the first floor, the turbines
driving the circulating pumps, the induced draught engine, etc.,
in the Central Station and by way of the trenches to the Laundry
and the various blocks.
The heating is by means of low pressure hot water, the mains
being run in trenches to the various buildings. The system is
thermostatically controlled, as also is the hot water supply.