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accordance with regulation 6 and provided with adequate natural and artificial lighting, and
(b) fitted with floor coverings approved by the Director and fitted in accordance with paragraphs (9) and (10) of regulation 7.
(7) Every hospital shall be
(a) provided with doors and passages giving access thereto of at least 2 feet 6 inches in width in order to permit the passage of a streteber;
(b) provided with beds of internal dimension of at least 6 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 3 inches and constructed of metal with detachable sides:
(c) provided with efficient healing arrangements; (d) fitted so that-
(i) mechanical means of ventilation independent of the means of ventilation prescribed in regulation 21 is provided:
(i) the delivery of air shall be at least 1,660 cubic feet per hour for each bed in a hospital; and
(i) natural supply and exhaust ventilation to the open air by means of ventilators independent of ventilators fitted to any other space in the ship shall be provided in addition to the mechanical means; and
(e) fitted with an electric fan.
(8) The beds in any hospital may be arranged in double tiers if the upper tier is hinged or is removable, and at least one bed in every hospital shall be in single tier and arranged, as far as is practicable, so that it is accessible from both sides and from the foot.
(9) Every isolation hospital and adjacent lavatory shall be provided with a mechanical ventilation system, independent of the systems provided for other hospitals and lavatories.
(10) Every stairway or ladderway leading to a deck on which a hospital accommodation is situated shall be placed at a suitable angle not less than 37° from the vertical and shall be of a width adequate for the passage of a stretcher.
(11) Every lavatory within or serving any hospital accom- modation shall be-
(a) provided with a wash-basin fitted with running fresh water and an efficient and hygienic discharge system with waste pipes so arranged as to facilitate cleaning:
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(b) provided with a single water-closet seal with a trapped pan of white vitreous china, with an adequate flush of water always available and an adequate soil pipe so constructed as to facilitate cleaning and minimize the risk of obstruction; and
(e) adequately lighted, both naturally and artificially, and ventilated to the open air in accordance with paragraph (5) of regulation 26, except in the case of a lavatory in or serving an isolation hospital:
Provided that no lavatory shall be required to be fitted with a wash-basin and running water if this facility is provided inside the hospital to which the lavatory gives direct access.
(12) In all hospital accommodation, at least one lavatory shall be provided with a bath or a shower-place, fitted with running fresh water, and every such lavatory shall have fitted to it, at the lowest part of the room, a scupper of at least 2 inches in diameter.
(13) Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to be in conflict with any regulation concerning hospitals, dispensaries and adjacent washing accommodation or sanitary accommodation prescribed in the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations in operation in Hong Kong from time to time, where the Director is satisfied that the hospital accommodation is adequate for both the crew and the passengers of the ship.
33. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply engaged in the castern trade area, other than a ship engaged exclusively in the river trade area, hospital accommodation shall be provided-
(a) separately for both male and female passengers, and (b) in sufficient volume so that the aggregate deck area of each hospital space, exclusive of any adjacent lavatories, washing accommodation or dispensary shall be not less than 24 square feet for each bed therein.
(2) Where the number of unberthed passengers that the ship is certificated to carry or is intended to carry, whichever is the greater-
(a) does not exceed 400, there shall be installed not less than
four hospital beds:
(b) exceeds 400 but does not exceed 600, there shall be installed not less than one hospital bed for every 100 unberthed passengers, or part thereof; and
(c) exceeds 600, there shall be installed not less than six hospital beds and at least one additional hospital bed for every 200 unberthed passengers, or part thereof.
(Cap. 281, sob. Jeg.)
Hospital ac- commodation for unberthed passengers.
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