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(4) Every exposed pipe which may contain toxic or inflammable gas shall be adequately protected from damage.
(5) No refrigerating machinery using methyl chloride shall be installed in any ship to which these regulations apply; and any such machinery installed in any such ship before the coming into operation of these regulations shall be converted so as to be capable of using some other refrigerant within such reasonable time as the Director may permil
32. (1) Every ship to which these regulations apply, being a ship other than a tug, which is intended to be at sea on any occasion für a continuous period exceeding three days and carrying a crew of fifteer persons or more shall be provided with a space appropriated to use as a permanent hospital for the crew; and the space so appropriated shall not at any time be used for any purpose other than for the treatmen of sick persons.
(2) In every other ship to which these regulations apply a room shall be appropriated to use, when necessary, as a temporary hospital: and when such room is in use as a hospital it shall not be used for any purpose other than the treatment of sick persons.
Provided that the Director may exempt any ship from the require- ments of this paragraph if he is satisfied that compliance therewith is unnecessary in the circumstances.
(3) Every hospital, whether temporary or permanent, shall- (a) be situated in a position in the ship which will ensure the greatest degree of quiet and comfort for patients accommodated therein;
(b) be readily accessible, and, in the case of a ship which does mol carry a duly qualified medical practitioner or duly qualified murze exclusively so employed as a member of the crew, shall also be readily accessible from the sleeping quarters of the master of the ship or of a person appointed by the master to take care of the patients; and
(c) be so situated as to facilities the proper treatment of patients
in all weathers.
(4) The minimum width of the entrance to every permaneal hospital shall be thirty inches or as near thereto as is practicable in the circumstances, and the hospital shall be so arranged that a stretcher can easily be carried into the hospital and placed alongside at least one single-tier bed therein.
(5) The floor-covering in every permanent hospital shall, as far as is practicable, be free from joints.
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(6) Every permanent hospital shall include a hospital ward fitted on at least two sides with side scuttles not less than twelve inches in diameter which shall be capable of being opened:
Provided that, if it is not practicable to fit a side scuttle on two sides of the hospital ward, a skylight, capable of being opened and of as large a size as is practicable, may be substituted for a side scuttle on one side of the ward.
(7) Every side scuttle or skylight in a hospital which is exposed to the direct rays of the sun shall be provided with curtains, blinds or jalousies.
(8) The Director may exempt from any of the requirements of pacagraph (6) or (7)-
(c) any ship of under one thousand tons; and
(b) any other ship, if he is satisfied that there is therein a per- manent hospital which is fully air-conditioned or served by a trunked mechanical ventilation system.
(9) (@) In addition to any air-conditioning or mechanical ventila- tion system required by regulation 13. every permanent hospital shall be provided with adequate natural supply and exhaust ventilation to the open air by means of ventilators independent of the ventilators provided for any other space in the ship:
Provided that the Director may exempt any ship from any of the requirements of this paragraph if he is satisfied that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances.
(b) Every hospital in every ship when regularly engaged, whether temporarily or permanently, on voyages to areas within the Persian Gulf shall be provided with a means of air-conditioning of sufficient capacity to maintain 84* Fahrenheit (dry bulb) with 50% relative humidity when the ambient conditions are 90° Fahrenheit (dry bulb) with 78% relative humidity. (10) Every permanent hospital shall be provided with an electric fan complying with the requirements specified in the First Schedule First mless it is served by a trunked mechanical ventilation system.
(11) Any radiators in a permanent hospital shall be installed as
far as practicable from the heads of beds.
(12) In addition to the lighting required by regulation 12, every permanent hospital shall be provided with a portable electric lamp and with such accessories as are necessary for its use.
(3) In every ship which is required by this regulation to be pro- vided with a permanent hospital at least one bed shall be provided in a hospital ward for every fifty, or fraction of fifty, members of the
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