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Close balustrades at the sides, about 4 feet high, will form sufficient
protection to those using the ways. Beneath the covered-ways, it
is proposed to have subways through which water and steam pipes,
gas and electric mains, fire-alarms, etc., etc., would be carried, all
being accessible at every point.
Having described the scheme generally, I will proceed to give
particulars of the accommodation in the various buildings.
The Porter's Lodge contains an office, living room, scullery,
two bedrooms, a bath room, and w.c., intended for a married man of
good class, as one holding a responsible position.
The General Offices.—The building contains a committeeroom,
waiting and clerk's rooms, office for the Medical Superintendent,
and room for Chaplain, w.c., etc.
The Waiting and Discharge Block.—In this, immediately
opposite the lodge, is the visitors' waiting-room, with cloakrooms,
containing hospital suits and w.c.'s for men and women. Two
ranges of undressing and bath-rooms for diphtheria and scarlet-fever
patients are provided, with a dressing-room common to both. At the
other end, is a room for ambulance nurses, with lavatory and w.c.
attached.
The Isolation Pavilion.—Containing 15 beds.—This consists
of two storeys. On each is a ward for 4 beds, with sanitary
annexe, and one for 2 beds. On the ground floor is a single-bed ward,
and on the upper floor two single-bed wards. A nurses' kitchen is so
placed on each floor, that it commands views through all the wards.
Each ward opens directly into the open air on to a balcony. Out of
the balcony on each floor are separate w.c.'s for the several small
wards, as well as linen stores, larders and docks for movable baths.
The staircase is similarly open to the air on all sides, and the
general entrance is only an open covered-way.
It will thus be seen that separate diseases can be dealt with in
the different wards.