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Scheme for the Erection Endowment and
A. ERECTION.
Management of the Matilda Hospital.
LAND.
The Matilda Hospital is erected on Rural Building Lots Nos. 16 and 131 Mount Kellet Penk in the Colony of Hongkong and having a total area of 99,100 square feet. The Trustees have also acquired contiguous thereto Rural Building Lot No. 48 having an area of 20,886 square feet.
BUILDINGS.
The general design and arrangement of the Hospital are best shown by the Plans which are attached hereto and are intented to form part hereof, but the following is a short description of the main details.
CENTRAL BLOCK.
BASEMENT.
The Basement is only intended as an air space between the ground and the Wards above. The portions under these are not intended to be used except four rooms for storage purposes.
GROUND FLOUR.
On entering the building from Mount Kellet Road are the following rooms :—
Doctor's consulting Room.
Waiting Room. Office.
Beyond these rooms are the Wards, one side of the building being for female and the other for male Patients. There are 3 Wards on either side containing 8 Beds, 3 Beds and 2 Beds respectively.
Attached to each of the three Wards is a Scullery, aud Drying Room, with
a detached Wing containing two Bathrooms two W.C.'s and Slop sink.
FIRST FLOOR.
On this Floor are the Nurses' Quarters comprising :-
Drawing Room.
Dining Hall.
Four Bed Rooms.
Two Bath rooms, W.C. and Pantry.
Front and two side verandahs.
OPERATION BLOCK.
In the rear of the Central Block and connected with it by the Main Corridor
is a one-storied Block with
on one side,
Operation Theatre.
Anaesthetic Room.
Store for Splints.
Dispensary.
and on the other side,
A One-bed Ward (with verandah).
Drying Room.
Drug Store and Doctors Laboratory.
In the basement under Operation block are erected the following:
Kitchen,
Boiler House.
Larder.
Disinfecting Room.
Coolies' quarters.
Coal store.
One room for servants
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On the East Side of this portion of the basement is a yard into which open the qiuarters for the Chinese Servants such as Boys, Cooks, &c, comprising six rooms wth bath rooms and latrines attached.
On the West side is another yard with six rooms for Amabs also with bath rooms and latrines attached.
Adjoining the Operation Block is an Extension for delirious cases comprising:-
A Ward Attendant's room, Pantry, Bath room and W.C.
DOCTOR'S HOUSE.
The Doctor's Ilouse in the rear of the main building is approached from the central corridor by a covered way and contains:-
Drawing and Dining rooms and Lounge.
Four Bed rooms.
Drying room, Pantry, Bathrooms. Verandabs.
Kitchen and separate Quarters for Servants.
At the North West corner of the grounds is a small Mortuary.
ELECTRIC INSTALLATION AND LAUNDRY.
To the West of Rural Building Lot No. 16 on Rural Building Lot No. 131
is a building containing :-
Battery room for electric light installation with engine room under. Laundry.
Extra Servants Quarters, Kitchen and Latrine.
MATERNITY WARD,
Upon Rural Building Lot No. 48 above mentioned the Trustees are erecting
a two-storey brick building for the purpose of a Maternity Ward as an addition to the Main Hospital and to be connected with it by a covered way.
This building is designed to contain the following accommodation but the walls are of sufficient thickness to carry another storey if an extension of this Ward is required.
GROUND FLOUR.
Main entrance from Mount Kellet Road. Hall. Delivery Ward with bath room attached. One large double bed Ward capable of holding four beds if necessary. Two single bed Wards each capable of holding two Beds if necessary. Wide Nurses' Rooms. Doctor's Room. Baths, lavatories and other offices. Verandah on East Side, and open air terrace.
BASEMENT.
Serving Room with band lifts to Ground Floor. Boiler Room. Servant's quarters. Service and Store Rooms.
COST OF THE HOSPITAL. (a) The amount expended in acquiring additional land and in the erection of the original main buildings and equipment thereof was,
$539,074,86
(b) The estimated cost of the erection of the Maternity Ward and equipment thereof is,...
$105,130.00
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