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The Boiler House would contain three boilers for heating:
the Hospital, driving laundry machinery, &c.—two for general use,
one as a stand-by.
The Engine House will contain the laundry engine, and
is large enough for an electric plant, should the Council think it
desirable to set one up.
Of the other buildings I need not here give detailed particulars.
These are sufficiently indicated in the general description.
General Observations.—In planning the various buildings,
I have been careful to avoid any dark corners, and to provide cross
ventilation in all, whether for patients or staff. To this cross ventilation,
the greatest importance is attached. It means ready change
of air, which is the secret of a sanitary building.
Lighting.—I recommend that the lighting throughout be by
electricity. It is hardly necessary for me to recount the sanitary
advantages of this, in addition to the saving of paint, etc., owing to
the great cleanliness of the light.
Heating.—It is proposed to heat the various wards by low
pressure hot water. To heat this water, live steam will be taken from
the boilers to steam-heaters at each separate pavilion.
For ventilation, cheerfulness, and radiant heat, central stoves
(before described) are proposed in addition in the large wards.
The " Home" would, so far as corridors, servants'cubicles, and
lavatories are concerned, be similarly heated.
The steam and exhaust pipes, as well as the hot-water pipes, will
all be carried in accessible places, and will be coated with non-conducting
material. No pipe will be placed in a chase or otherwise covered from
view.
The Hot-Water Supplies.—The hot-water supplies to
bath, sinks, lavatories, &c., throughout will be on a similar system to
the heating.