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Each clinic has its respective waiting room and lavatories and
separate lavatories are provided for male and female staff.
The design aims at a maximum of lighting and cross ventilation
for all rooms. Roofs of corridors and minor rooms are at a lower level
than those of major rooms. This permits of a vertical break on section,
•which is utilised by clerestory lighting.
All rooms are on the Ground Floor level.
Internal and external angles throughout are rounded.
Materials and Construction.
Roofs are mainly flat, constructed of reinforced concrete beams,
insulated and asphalted, and containing "Glascrete" roof lights in
certain positions.
External walls are hollow, and parts of the building are of steel
frame construction.
Windows are chiefly steel (rust-proofed), heavy "Universal" section,
horizontally pivoted or hopper opening. The cheeks to all hoppers
are glazed.
Windows at high level are to be operated by means of screw gearing.
The window to the Dental Surgery is of the operation level type.
Generally, the floors are finished with Burma Teak blocks.
Lavatories are in terrazzo. Dental Surgery, Rinsing Room, Treatment
Room (M.A.C.) and Bathrooms are floored in asphalte tiling. This
material is new in this country but has been extensively used in America.
The floors of the Main Waiting and Lecture Hall, and the Playrooms
are of |-in. thick rubber, and the floor of the Light Treatment Room is of
cork tiling. Dados of rubber are along the walls of the playrooms. The
main external walls are faced with golden brown bricks of a pleasing
texture and all dressings are of artificial Portland stone.