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to the wards.
In reply to the second complaint
that the partitions between the closets, urinals the instead of being carried up to the ceiling, stop short at a height of nine feet, I should state that, with the approval of the Colonial Surgeon this was done
on purpose in order to obtain the most complete circulation of air in the towers,
which provided with air ventilating outlets through the
in addition are
into the external air
walls
a little below
ceiling level. It would of
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feelings would not be hurt, if they did. closet handle being
hear the sound of
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pulled up. It. Wharry complains that the partition walls of the closets are
wood; he calls them "wooden screens". On this point
I may remark that wood was chosen in preference to lath and cement plaster for the partitions, not alone because of the highly ornamental appearance of this beautiful and non-absorbent wood, but because it would enable the partitions to be periodically
scoured with a
scrubbing brush and carbolic acid and water.
there are
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Dr Wharry says
to
have made noises less perceptible if the compartment had been boxed in by partition walls carried
to the ceiling,
but
up the patients at
this Hospital, for the most part male - Europeans,
in the lower ranks
of life, Sikhs, Hindoos and Chinese
are
not persons of refinement or sensibility, it was thought their inner feelings
in the towers. As there is
Each lower on
statement is
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sinks
sink to
Every floor, this mis-statement was doubt unintentional
and it has since been explained to
me that what was meant
there
was that
there were no proper sinks. sinks raised up from
the height of a
man's waist.
The
6-
height
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