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appear in the positions

B and C and again Fand Cx. They

shewn between Wards

on the second floor between

there

are however ne

necessary

for the wards they subserve and as it is imperative they should have cross ventilation,

this will be afforded thein at the level of

ceiling by a galvanized sheet iron flue.

the

to each closet running

across the whole.

width of the building, inlets will be made

in the same

way

as

described for the

wards and the other closets. The soil pipes

will also be

trapped

similar manner.

and ventilated in~-

Lobbies, lavatories and

closets will always into the wards Kept closed, but

have their doors leading

as the

partitions between each other will not

reach the ceiling there is no

fear of their

being insufficiently ventilated during the four cool months when windows communicating with the outer air would as a rule be closed;

of the

during the remaining eight months year practically in this climate ventilating devices of any

Kind

are Annu

temperature is sufficiently

the

essary for is sufficiently mild to admit. of doors and windows being kept wide open. In the wards, too, all doors and windows

will be kept wide open for eight months out of the twelve, the movement of the

air

being kept up on calm days by the ward punkahs .-_ At night the venetians will be closed if specially required and the laths opened out to their fullest. During two thirds of the year therefore patients in this Hospital may

be considered the