CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 43

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same in regard to fresh air supply as if

they

were

camping out under a tree.

Second Floor, Venereal, Surgical and

Private Wards.

Ward E. - (Venereal ) 14 Beds.

Length-

Breadth

Average Height.

49 feet 4 inches

31

6

"

#

6

16

Total cubic space - 25.639 cubic feet.

Cubic space per bed 1830

Total sectional

Note-

drea

#

#

of inlet flues 756 sq. in :

of

Total sectional area.

outlets in the ward of this floor

because

ford

air

are not given extraction at the highest level of the seiling will be practically /__

unlimited by the open

louvred

ventilators which will run

along the roof ridge for the entire length of the wards and which are designed specially for the summer season.

During the cooler months of the sectional area of extraction

can

the

year. be regulated

by closing the hinged shutters which will be provided for the purpose, and in the printed regulations to be posted at the Hospital it is proposed to limit the ventilation to a certain number of shutters which will be painted of o special colour by way of distinction and which will be ordered to be kept open, their

aggregate sectional

area

a

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