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N.B.—Should it be desired to have a married Medical Superintendent,
the rooms now proposed for the Assistant Medical Officer
could be absorbed, forming a suite of five rooms for the Doctor,
besides bath-room and w.c.
The Matron's and Assistant Matron's residences are
in the North-west wing, and are similar to those for the Doctor and his
Assistant, except that a w.c., common to both Matrons, is placed under
the stairs.
Next the corridor and at foot of the staircase is an Office for
the Matron. This is convenient for business visitors, is close to
the needle room and linen stores, and Servants' Sitting and
Dining-rooms in the north-east wing, in fact, central for supervision
Near the two Matrons, but in the central block, are grouped the
the rooms of the chief servants—cook, seamstress, and laundry maid.
The Needle Room, with Linen Room at each end—
one for the patients and one for the home—is on the North-east side of
the centre. On the South-west is the Living-room for the
Sisters, with whom, it is contemplated, the Matron would dine.
In the South-east wing are the Nurses' Sitting and
Dining-rooms.
On the first and second floors, at the North end, are Cubicles
for Servants. In the South-west wing on first floor, are the Bedrooms
for Six Sisters; the remainder of the South wing and
centre are appropriated to the Nurses' Bed-rooms, those for night
nurses, being on the second floor, shut off for quietude.
As the space in the grounds about the Home available to the staff
for fresh air and recreation is limited, it is proposed to put flat
roofs over the north and south blocks, one for use by the nurses, the
other by the servants; fresh air and extensive views will be obtained
from these roofs.