THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH OCTOBER, 1897.
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2. These works consist of a Hospital for Women and Children, to be called the "Victoria Hospital," in conjunction with which a Nursing Institute is to be erected, and a Road to be called the "Victoria Road," which will encircle the greater part of the Island.
3. Stones, bearing inscriptions which state briefly the circumstances giving rise to the works, were successfully laid by His Excellency the Governor on the 23rd June last, at the respective sites.
"VICTORIA HOSPITAL."
4. As this building is intended on its completion to be under the adminis- tration of the Civil Medical Department, it will be erected in the grounds of the Government Civil Hospital on a level plateau at an elevation of about 130 feet above sea level and within easy access of the main Hospital and Medical and Nursing Staff Quarters.
5. The accommodation to be provided will be as follows:-
2 Wards, each containing 14 Beds
No. of Beds.
28
For Women.
2 2
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1 Bed
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For f 1 Ward Children. 1
8 Beds:
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1 Bed
Total Number of Beds,................
43
besides a Day-room for Convalescents, an Operating Theatre, and a Sisters' Room. 6. The building will be two-storeys high and will be surrounded on all sides. by verandahs, the bath-rooms, sculleries, &c., being detached in small annexes situated at two of the angles whilst the accommodation for the Chinese servants will be provided in a separate building connected by a covered way with the main block.
NURSING INSTITUTE.
7. A convenient site for this building has been selected near the proposed "Victoria Hospital" and close to the present Medical Staff Quarters. It is now occupied by a temporary wooden shed containing a disinfecting apparatus which, in accordance with a proposal made some time ago, will be removed to a site adjoining the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kennedytown-a place more suitable for it in all respects.
8. The Institute will provide accommodation, in the first instance, for an Assistant Matron, 4 Sisters and 6 Probationers, and will be so arranged that it can be conveniently extended should occasion arise.
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9. Competitive designs are being invited from local architects for the build- ings above described in accordance with the annexed conditions, the limit of cost being fixed at $60,000 for the Hospital and $25,000 for the Nursing Institute.
10. The positions of the proposed Hospital and Nursing Institute in relation. to the existing Hospitals and Quarters are indicated on the plan* which accom- panies this report, and can be more clearly understood by a reference to the pho- tographs showing the Hospital and Grounds as they are at present.
"VICTORIA ROAD."
11. The construction of this road will mark the fulfilment of a scheme which has been long desired in the Colony. In the absence of complete surveys, which will require some time to make, the scheme can only be described in outline at present. It consists of constructing 10 miles of new road, practically recon- structing 4 miles and effecting minor improvements in other portions of existing roads, the whole, 23 miles in length, forming a nearly complete circuit of the Island with the omission of some of its peninsular promontories.
12. The road is intended for the purposes of driving or bicycling, and it may therefore be laid down that, wherever practicable, the width of it should not be less than 20 feet and the gradients should not be steeper than about 1 in 15. Wherever it can be done, without materially increasing the cost, the width should be increased to 25 feet.
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